I've been a fan of Louise Welsh's wonderfully dark fiction for years. Her writing isn't perfect, but it does break the mould when it comes to thrillers, with main characters that are anything but stereotypical. I adored The Cutting Room, and although I didn't think The Bullet Trick was quite as amazing, I still thoroughly enjoyed it. I hadn't realised that she had a new(ish) book out, but a chance encounter with the single book stand in our local supermarket introduced me to The Girl on the Stairs and I bought it on the spot. A quick skim of the blurb tells me it involves a young woman in Berlin, with suitably intriguing suggestions of dark deeds and ghostly goings-on, literal or figurative.I can't wait to start reading it...
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