London: Allison & Busby, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A powerful stand-alone novel by this award-winning writer (the Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2003, Britain's top award for lifetime achievement in crime writing as well as the Nero Wolfe, Anthony, Agatha, and Macavity Awards and more). A renowned 80 year old author working on a memoir about her Australian school days realizes that someone she knows may be trying to kill her to keep a secret from those days buried. SIGNED on the title page. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-74900617X.