On a shopping trip someone found an envelope containing money. Rather that reporting the matter to the police, he wrote a note which he then stuck to a lamp post near his house. He suggested that anyone who had lost a certain sum of money, should phone the number written below.
This note is the catalyst for the story – it links the lives of a number of very different people, people with obsessions, problems, dreams and despairs. Set in the bustling Portobello area of West London, this disturbing psychological thriller demonstrates yet again that Ruth Rendell is an outstanding writer.
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