Grace never leaves Jack’s sight - while still pulling out an absolutely magnificent meal (and she’s so thin!). As the book opens, they’re hosting a dinner party. As he closes it behind me, I can’t help thinking it’s a shame he’s such a sadistic bastard, because he has wonderful manners.”Īlmost from the start, you know something is wrong in Jack and Grace’s marriage - something they’re both trying to hide from their friends. In the drive outside, he holds the car door for me and waits until I’m in. “We go downstairs and in the hall, he takes my coat from the cupboard and holds it open while I slip my arms into it. While they share some basic characteristics (British thriller, mentally tortured woman, too-good-to-be-true husband), Behind Closed Doors starts faster and hits a lot harder. This is the second of Paris’s books I’ve read, following The Breakdown a few weeks ago.
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