The Girl Next Door: A Novel

The Girl Next Door: A Novel

INCLUDES AN EXCERPT OF RENDELLâ€™S FINAL NOVEL, DARK CORNERS

In this psychologically explosive story from â€œone of the most remarkable novelists of her generationâ€ (People), the discovery of bones in a tin box sends shockwaves across a group of long-time friends.

In the waning months of the second World War, a group of children discover an earthen tunnel in their neighborhood outside London. Throughout the summer of 1944â€”until one father forbids itâ€”the subterranean space becomes their â€œsecret garden,â€ where the friends play games and tell stories.

Six decades later, beneath a house on the same land, construction workers uncover a tin box containing two skeletal hands, one male and one female. As the discovery makes national news, the friends come together once again, to recall their days in the tunnel for the detective investigating the case. Is the truth buried among these aging friends and their memories?

This impromptu reunion causes long-simmering feelings to bubble to the surface. Alan, stuck in a passionless marriage, begins flirting with Daphne, a glamorous widow. Michael considers contacting his estranged father, who sent Michael to live with an aunt after his mother vanished in 1944. Lewis begins remembering details about his Uncle James, an army private who once accompanied the children into the tunnels, and who later disappeared.

In The Girl Next Door Rendell brilliantly shatters the assumptions about age, showing that the choices people makeâ€”and the emotions behind themâ€”remain as potent in late life as they were in youth.
Country USA
Brand Scribner Book Company
Manufacturer Scribner
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781476784328
ReleaseDate 2014-10-07
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781476784328

Country	USA
Brand	Scribner Book Company
Manufacturer	Scribner
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781476784328
ReleaseDate	2014-10-07
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781476784328

The Girl Next Door: A Novel

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