When Stuart Font decides to throw a house-warming party in his new flat he invites all the people in his building & after some deliberation even
Includes:: the unpleasant caretaker & his wife. They are a disparate group of people each with their individual Rendellian psychoses & potential for violence. There are a few other genuine friends on the list but he definitely does not want to include his girlfriend Claudia as that might involve asking her husb&. The party will be one everyone remembers. But not for the right reasons. Living opposite in reclusive isolation is a beautiful young Asian woman christened Tigerlily by Stuart. As though from some strange urban fairytale she emerges to exert a terrible spell on Stuart & his guests. Mr & Mrs Font the worried parents will soon have even more cause for concern about their handsome but hopelessly naive son. Darkly humorous & piercingly observant of human behaviour Ruth Rendell has created another compelling fable of our lives & crimes.