Uncle Paul

<b>One family's skeletons emerge on a 1950s seaside summer holiday in this classic mystery from 'Britain's Patricia Highsmith' and the 'grandmother of psycho-domestic noir' (<i>Sunday Times</i>)</b><br><br>'<b>Laughter turns to terror in this beautifully contrived plot by an unjustly overlooked mystery writer</b> .. <b>Makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up</b> .. <b>Take it on holiday with you.' </b><i>Times</i><b></b><br><b></b><br><b>'</b><b>A slow-burning chill of a read by a master of suspense.' </b>Janice Hallett<br><br>The holidays have begun. In a seaside caravan resort, Isabel and her sister Meg build sandcastles with the children, navigate deckchair politics, explore the pier's delights, gorge ice cream in the sun. But their half-sister Mildred has returned to a nearby coastal cottage where her husband - the mysterious Uncle Paul - was arrested for his first wife's attempted murder: and family skeletons emerge. <br><br>Now, on his release from prison, is he returning for revenge, seeking who betrayed him? Or are all three women letting their nerves get the better of them? Though who really <i>is </i>Meg's new lover? And whose are those footsteps ...?<br><br><b>'Sinister, witty and utterly compelling. A genius.' </b>Nicola Upson <b>In this Waterstones Thriller of the Month, as recommended on BBC Radio 4's Open Book, one family's skeletons emerge on a 1950s seaside summer holiday in this classic mystery from 'Britain's Patricia Highsmith' and the 'grandmother of psycho-domestic noir' (</b><i>Sunday Times</i><b>)</b><br><br>'<b>Makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up</b> .. <b>Take it on holiday with you.' </b><i>Times</i><b></b><br><b>'Fremlin packs a punch.' </b>Ian Rankin<br>'<b>Splendid ... Got me hooked.' </b>Ruth Rendell<br><b>'</b><b>A slow-burning chill of a read by a master of suspense.' </b>Janice Hallett<br><b>'A dark delight. Witty, unsettling domestic noir. Imagine Barbara Pym with arsenic.' </b>Clare Chambers<br><br>The holidays have begun. In a seaside caravan resort, Isabel and her sister Meg build sandcastles with the children, navigate deckchair politics, explore the pier's delights, gorge ice cream in the sun. But their half-sister Mildred has returned to a nearby coastal cottage where her husband - the mysterious Uncle Paul - was arrested for his first wife's attempted murder: and family skeletons emerge. <br><br>Now, on his release from prison, is he returning for revenge, seeking who betrayed him? Or are all three women letting their nerves get the better of them? Though who really <i>is </i>Meg's new lover? And whose are those footsteps ...?<br><br><b>'Sinister, witty and utterly compelling. A genius.' </b>Nicola Upson