'Is Elly's love affair with a New York cocaine dealer too deep and dark to be broken - even by an old friend? What is she most frightened of - the drug or her "golden boy", Lenny? When Marla responds to Elly's call from America she finds herself ensnared in the twilight world of drug smuggling.Ekes out the tension... increasingly thrilling as the pages fly by.' Sunday Times 'Truly breathtaking.' New York Times 'Sarah Dunant's thriller is atmospheric and her prose is sharp' Daily Telegraph 'Reminded me of Patricia Highsmith at her best' Paul Theroux 'Tart on the tongue and satisfying to the intellectual tastes' Literary Review