This year, for Christmas, I got a copy of David Thompson's Thai Street Food (much much much longed for book), a bad dose of the lurgy and some seriously good reading time!
So I'm catching up with what I've been reading and when the fuzz in my head has cleared, I will catch up with some reviews!
From the Blurb:
Erica, an attractive local heiress, is married to Wallman, a man with expensive tastes. When she falls to her death near their lakeside villa, the police conclude it was a tragic accident. Scholten, a long time employee of Erica's, isn't so sure. He knows a thing or two about the true state of her marriage and suspects an almost perfect crime.
Opening Lines:
People thought it was an accident. Scholten didn't.
When Erika, an attractive local heiress, falls to her death near her lakeside villa, the police conclude it was a tragic accident. Scholten, a longtime employee of Erika’s, isn’t so sure. He knows a thing or two about the state of her marriage and suspects an almost perfect crime. Scholten’s maverick investigation into the odd, inexplicable details of the death scene soon buys him a ticket for a most dangerous ride.
This beautifully crafted thriller, set in a European world of small-town hypocrisy, was a bestseller made into the film Glatteis.