Sanctum (SIGNED)

The story is told by way of Lachlan Harriot's diaries, following the conviction of his wife Susie for murder of serial killer Andrew Gow, a prisoner in her care. She is a respected forensic psychiatrist, and Lachlan knows she will receive a life sentence unless he can put together a successful appeal. To this end he laboriously goes through all her papers, but comes up with more questions than answers. For instance, why had she stolen a set of prison files and then lied about it? What was in her study that she did not want him to find? Lachlan battles on with his life, his young daughter looked after by the fat Spanish au pair. What he discovers makes a riveting account of humans under intolerable stress. This is an incredibly powerful novel, full of atmosphere, by the author of the much-acclaimed Garnethill trilogy