Alice Thomas Ellis

Mary felt rather like someone for whom a marriage was being arranged by people who doubted the suitability of the match but could think of…

Behaving badly made Lydia feel better. She hoped she wasn't turning into one of those maniacs who murder people in order to establish their superiority…

Five strangers gather at Eric's inn on a remote Hebridean island after he advertises in the London weeklies for "Christmas at the edge of the…