VINTAGE CLASSICS WEIRD GIRLS: Dive into the depraved delectable depths of women's weird
fiction. 'This is a story about what might happen when a woman takes charge... A glorious
visceral mystery' The TimesWhile on her daily walk with her dog in the woods near her home
Vesta comes across a chilling handwritten note. Her name was Magda. Nobody will ever know who
killed her. It wasn't me. Here is her dead body. Shaky even on her best days Vesta is also
alone and new to the area having moved here after the death of her husband. Her brooding
about the note grows quickly into a full-blown obsession: who was Magda and how did she meet
her fate?From the Booker-shortlisted author of Eileen comes this razor-sharp chilling and
darkly hilarious novel about the stories we tell ourselves and how we strive to obscure the
truth. The VINTAGE CLASSICS WEIRD GIRLS series ventures into the dark heart of the uncanny
with disturbing and disturbed protagonists who dare to defy the norm. Bold deviant chilling
and enchanting these tales of the weird are strange enough to get lost in.
__________________________PRAISE FOR DEATH IN HER HANDS:'Routinely hailed as one of the most
exciting young American authors working today' Guardian'A new kind of murder mystery' New
Yorker 'Dark devious' Observer'A fine line between shocking realism and the absurd' New
Statesman'A brilliant off-kilter detective story' Evening Standard'A beautiful novel' Sunday
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