Every Contact Leaves A Trace

Elanor Dymott

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English

Arrow
16 April 2013

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Alex is in his thirties, a solitary man who has finally found love in the form of his beautiful and vivacious wife, Rachel. When Rachel is brutally murdered one midsummer night by the lake in the grounds of their alma mater, Worcester College, Oxford, Alex's life as he knew it vanishes. He returns to Oxford that winter, and through the shroud of his shock and grief, begins to try to piece together the mystery surrounding his wife's death. Playing host to Alex's winter visit is Harry, Rachel's former tutor and trusted mentor, who turns out to have been involved in some way in almost every significant development of their relationship throughout their undergraduate years. In his exploration of Rachel's history, Alex also turns to Evie, Rachel's self-centered and difficult godmother, whose jealousy of her charge has waxed and waned over the years. And then there are her university friends, Anthony and Cissy, who shared with Rachel her love of Browning and a taste for the illicit. As Alex delves deep into the past to uncover shocking secrets and constantly shifting versions of the truth, it is with these virtual strangers as his guides that he begins to confront the terrifying reality that neither his life, nor his love, are the things he thought them to be.

By: Elanor Dymott
Imprint: Arrow
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 264g
ISBN: 9780099563594
ISBN 10: 0099563592
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 16 April 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Elanor Dymott was born in Chingola, Zambia, in 1973. She was educated in the USA and England and also spent parts of her childhood in South East Asia. Having read English at Oxford she qualified as a lawyer before becoming a law reporter. Her short fiction has been published in Stand, The Warwick Review and Algebra.

Reviews for Every Contact Leaves A Trace

A startlingly original blend of mystery, love story and emotional journey...not be missed Stylist An exquisite, creepy and unexpectedly sexy murder mystery...with the tension of a Nicci French thriller, the intellectual fizz of Donna Tatt's The Secret History and the very best of Maggie O'Farrell's unnerving readability, Dymott is a classy storyteller... Read this novel now before everyone else starts talking about it Elle A powerful meditation on grief, love and the nature of uncertainty Sunday Times Elegant and eerie Marie Claire Intriguing Woman & Home