The dead lie down

Ruth Bussey once did something horribly wrong, and was nearly destroyed by her punishment. Now, she has tentatively rebuilt her life and unexpectedly found love with Aidan Seed. But Aidan also has a secret--he killed someone years ago, a woman named Mary Trelease. Ruth's horror turns to confusi...

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Main Author: Hannah, Sophie, 1971-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Penguin Books, 2010.
Series: Zailer and Waterhouse mystery ; 4.
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Summary: Ruth Bussey once did something horribly wrong, and was nearly destroyed by her punishment. Now, she has tentatively rebuilt her life and unexpectedly found love with Aidan Seed. But Aidan also has a secret--he killed someone years ago, a woman named Mary Trelease. Ruth's horror turns to confusion when she realizes that she knows Mary Trelease, and Mary is very much alive. Set in London's vibrant art scene, and featuring the return of Sergeant Charlotte "Charlie" Zailer and DC Simon Waterhouse.
Item Description: Originally published in Great Britain as The other half lives, by Hodder & Stoughton, 2009.
Physical Description: 470 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN: 9780143117490
0143117491
Author Notes: Sophie Hannah was born in 1971 in Manchester, England. She is a bestselling, award-winning poet. Hannah went to the University of Manchester and published her first book of poems, The Hero and the Girl Next Door, at the age of 24. In 2004 she won first prize in the Daphne Du Maurier Festival Short Story Competition for her psychological suspense story, The Octopus Nest.

Hannah was recently chosen by Agatha Christie's estate to resurrect her beloved detective, Hercule Poirot. Her subsequent novel, The Monogram Murders, was published in 2014.

(Bowker Author Biography)