First published 2005
Oceane has built the perfect life inside her South London flat. The computer graphics designer and former erotic dancer travels the world without stepping outside. She orders everything through couriers, connects via satellite and internet, and hosts foreign visitors who bring stories from distant places. Her carefully arranged existence works until a letter arrives from someone impossible. The sender is her ex-boyfriend, who died ten years ago. When more letters follow, Oceane must abandon her sanctuary. She turns to Audley, a debt collector who failed as both a mercenary and personal trainer. Together they begin searching for answers that will force Oceane to confront the mysteries buried in her past. The investigation pulls her further from the controlled world she created and deeper into questions she thought were settled forever.
Genres: suspense, mystery, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: South London, London
Period: 21st-century
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