The Case of Lisandra P.: A Novel

ISBN: 014312658X

Author: Gremillon, Helene

Condition: New

A cunningly plotted tale that is by turns cerebral, suspenseful-and ultimately shocking. -Publishers WeeklyA gripping psychological thriller for fans of The Girl on the Train and The Silent Wife about a wifes secrets, a husband accused of murder, and a marriage gone terribly wrongBuenos Aires, 1987. When a beautiful young woman named Lisandra is found dead at the foot of a six-story building, her husband, a psychoanalyst, is immediately arrested for her murder. Convinced of Vittorios innocence, one of his patients, Eva Maria, is drawn into the investigation seemingly by chance. As she combs through secret recordings of Vittorios therapy sessions in search of the killer-could it be the powerful government figure? the jealous woman? the musician whos lost his reason to live?-Eva Maria must confront her most painful memories, and some of the darkest moments in Argentinian history.In breathless prose that captures the desperate spinning of a frantic mind, Hélne Grémillon blurs the lines of past and present, personal and political, reality and paranoia in this daring and compulsively readable novel.