A daughter’s grief … A mother’s madness … And a daring act of love that defied every law …

The best mystery writer anywhere in the English-speaking world. -The Boston Globe

Mopsa, driven by a past scarred by madness and violence. Benet, stricken by the most grievous loss any woman can bear. Carol, trapped in a life of crushing drabness no lover can change. Three mothers joined by a single thread of terror, whirled into a spiral of kidnapping, murder, and a final, reckless affirmation of love.

Praise for The Tree of Hands

A consummate artist who commands style, plot and character … A storyteller of a high order. -Washington Post

An excellent piece of suspense writing. -San Diego Union

Densely plotted, deeply emotional … The design of this book is brilliant… . It moves forward in a series of inexorable events that leave the reader panting from suspense and shaken from the sheer emotion of it all. -Cleveland Plain Dealer

Here is Ruth Rendell at the top of her form-topping it, in fact, with a suspense chiller enchanted by a contemporary topicality that strikes to the heart. -Judith Christ