A Lovely Day to Die

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Spine-chilling tales for dark nights from Celia Fremlin, 'Britain's Patricia Highsmith' (Sunday Times) who is 'Irresistible' (Val McDermid), 'brilliant' (Elly Griffiths), 'a master of suspense' (Janice Hallett), 'packs a punch' (Ian Rankin) and 'got me hooked' (Ruth Rendell) Welcome to Celia Fremlin's nightmare world in these tales of family frustrations and fury: from a young wife who wants rid of her husband to an elderly daughter who cannot endure her mother, prepare to be haunted forever ...

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CELIA FREMLIN (1914-2009) was born in Kent and studied at Oxford whilst working as a charwoman. During the Second World War, she worked as an air-raid warden and on the Mass Observation Project. Over four decades, Fremlin wrote sixteen celebrated novels - including the classic seaside mystery Uncle Paul and Christmas noir The Long Shadow - as well as one book of poetry and three story collections. Her debut, The Hours Before Dawn, won the Edgar Award in 1960.

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