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Appointment with Yesterday
- Author
- Celia Fremlin
- Narrator
- Clare Corbett
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Publish Date
- 4 June 2024
- Run Time
- 6 hours 53 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
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What to expect
A classic seaside psychological thriller from author of Waterstones Thriller of the Month,
Uncle Paul: 'Britain's Patricia Highsmith' and the 'grandmother of psycho-domestic noir' (
Sunday Times)
'Brilliant ... So witty and clever.' Elly Griffiths
'Fremlin packs a punch.' Ian Rankin
'Splendid ... Got me hooked.' Ruth Rendell
'A master of suspense.' Janice Hallett
FOUND IN FLAT was all she could see of the headline, but it was enough: enough to freeze her hovering hand ...
Milly Barnes has just arrived in the seaside town of Seacliffe. Between windswept walks on the beach, she settles into lodgings and finds work as a Daily Help. Except this isn't her real name - 'Milly' is on the run from her past life, escaping a nightmare marriage.
Abandoned by her first husband for another woman, she took revenge by marrying Gilbert: but this proved a terrible mistake. Trapped in a London basement flat, she became a victim of his increasingly paranoid delusions. But what
really happened in that underground dungeon? And is somebody on her trail, the hunter in a game of cat-and-mouse ...?
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Details
- Author
- Celia Fremlin
- Narrator
- Clare Corbett
- Duration
- 6 hours 53 minutes
- Release Date
- 4 June 2024
- ISBN
- 9780571391868
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Genre
- Classic crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery
Synopsis
A classic seaside psychological thriller from author of Waterstones Thriller of the Month, Uncle Paul: 'Britain's Patricia Highsmith' and the 'grandmother of psycho-domestic noir' ( Sunday Times) 'Brilliant ... So witty and clever.' Elly Griffiths 'Fremlin packs a punch.' Ian Rankin 'Splendid ... Got me hooked.' Ruth Rendell 'A master of suspense.' Janice Hallett FOUND IN FLAT was all she could see of the headline, but it was enough: enough to freeze her hovering hand ... Milly Barnes has just arrived in the seaside town of Seacliffe. Between windswept walks on the beach, she settles into lodgings and finds work as a Daily Help. Except this isn't her real name - 'Milly' is on the run from her past life, escaping a nightmare marriage. Abandoned by her first husband for another woman, she took revenge by marrying Gilbert: but this proved a terrible mistake. Trapped in a London basement flat, she became a victim of his increasingly paranoid delusions. But what really happened in that underground dungeon? And is somebody on her trail, the hunter in a game of cat-and-mouse ...?
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