Corn DollsIt begins for Tom Fletcher with what looks like a very bloody accident in a farm machinery showroom, and reaches back into the past his own and that of the local police force before slamming into the present with all the force of the most up to date criminal power in the world. Crackling with secrets and surprises, packed with haunting landscapes and haunted characters, freighted with the hot, thundery atmosphere of a Cambridge summer and the

Steinbach is imprisoned - only to be offered a release with total immunity in a dodgy deal with Homeland Security

only the most prescient would have predicted the events that led to her extraordinary final novel Suite Fran

but also a really romantic love story'

Blood will be shed

Dust jacket near fine with very minor shelf wear to corners and spine edges

Near fine copy with yellow pages throughout and a close tear to the top of the spine and small part of bottom of the spine missing

Also known as Tropical Issue

and the facts about his death just don't add up

To drape itself round his shoulders and screech in his ear

or celebrating New Year's Eve with Yasser Arafat

from an idealistic journalist to a Brahmin housemaid

But in a town filled with secrets and rumours