Love never dies in this novel by quota writer of addictive emotional thrillersquot The IndependentTold from three perspectivesampnbspA Particular Manampnbspis about love truth and the unpredictable consequences of lossampnbspWhen Edgar dies in a Far East prisoner of war camp it breaks the heart of fellow prisoner Starling In Edgars final moments Starling makes him a promise When after the war he visits Edgars family to fulfil this promise Edgars mother Clementine mistakes him for another manampnbspampnbspHer mistake allows him access to Edgars home and to those who loved him stirring powerful and disorientating emotions and embroiling him in a web of deceitampnbspThe loss has driven his sister Aida to seek solace in the arms of a series of men but the meeting with Starling sparks a powerful and complex connection fuelled by their mutual longing for EdgarampnbspMeanwhile Clementine also grieving for Edgar has secrets of her own quotOne of Britains finest novelistsquot The Sunday TelegraphquotGlaister commands respect for writing novels which are not just dark and mysterious but also emotionally satisfyingquot The Times Literary SupplementquotAn expert plotterquot The Scotsman