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Rima Lanisell has a habit of losing things – car keys, sunglasses, lovers, family members. Following the death of Rima's father, she goes to stay with her godmother Addison, a wildly successful, albeit eccentric, mystery writer. Addison's beach house seems the place to make sense of Rima's loss, yet she is soon caught up in a mystery of her own. Who stole a small and highly valuable object from Addison's kitchen? Why is Rima corresponding with an obsessive fan, using someone else's family name? Most importantly: what exactly was the relationship between Addison and Rima's father, and why did Addison name a murderer after him in one of her novels?

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Fowler's light touch and sly wit are a delight (Sunday Times)

Very funny (Daily Telegraph)

We defy you not to fall head over heels for this lovely novel (Mail on Sunday)

Stylish, homely and deeply comforting (The Times)

This wonderful novel shows how some books enter our bloodstream (Independent)

Exquisite. It's that rare book that reminds us what reading is all about (The New York Times Book Review)

If I could eat this nove, I would (Alice Sebold)
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'Fowler's light touch and sly wit are a delight' Sunday Times

A young woman's search for
the truth about her father's past . . .

When Rima Lanisell loses her father to cancer, her godmother Addison's Californian seaside mansion provides a strange and fascinating refuge. Not only is Addison's place littered with dolls' houses replicating the murder scenes from her world-famous mystery novels, but it is also home to one or two misfits. There's Tilda, the New Age former alcoholic; her ne'er-do-well son, Martin; Addison, herself, who was once close to Rima's father. And lurking somewhere in their midst is the imaginary detective - Maxwell Lane - who has a spellbinding appeal for his many, obsessive fans.

As Rima comes to terms with her grief and tries to understand the relationship between Addison and her father, so she and her new housemates become involved in a mystery of their own . . .

'Bravely sad and gravely funny' Daily Mail

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  • Publication date2008
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