The Sculptress

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This Picador Classic edition of Minette Walters' The Sculptress features an introduction by Stephanie Merritt, journalist and author of While You Sleep. 'It was a slaughterhouse, the most horrific scene I have ever witnessed . . . Olive Martin is a dangerous woman. I advise you to be extremely wary in your dealings with her.' The facts of the case were simple: Olive Martin had pleaded guilty to killing and dismembering her sister and mother, earning herself the chilling nickname 'The Sculptress'. Journalist Rosalind Leigh knew this much before her first meeting with Olive, currently serving a life sentence. How could Roz have foreseen that the encounter was destined to change her life - for ever

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Striking . . . Walters brings a shivery mastery to the old-fashioned British whodunit, with plotting as twisted as the characters' secrets * Kirkus *
A dark, superbly plotted tale guaranteed to keep readers up most of the night * The Denver Post *
Creepy but compulsive . . . hard to put down * The New York Times Book Review *
Riveting -- The Kansas City Star
A gripping read * Publishers Weekly *

Author Bio

Minette Walters is a bestselling crime writer. She has won the CWA John Creasey Award for best first crime novel, the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best crime novel published in America and two CWA Gold Daggers for Fiction. She is the author of several bestsellers which have been adapted for television, including The Ice House and The Scold's Bridle. Minette lives in Dorset with her husband.