Behind Closed Doors
B.A. Paris, 2016
Mystery, thriller & crime Contemporary fiction
A marriage that looks immaculate from the pavement: a husband who opens doors, a wife who cannot leave. A thriller about what good manners can hide.
Feels like dread, unease and curiosity. About power, love and identity.
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Perfect manners can be the most frightening thing about a person.
We go downstairs and in the hall, he takes my coat from the cupboard and holds it open while I slip my arms into it. In the drive outside, he holds the car door for me and waits until I’m in. As he closes it behind me, I can’t help thinking it’s a shame he’s such a sadistic bastard, because he has wonderful manners. B.A. Paris.Behind Closed Doors was B.A. Paris's debut, published in 2016; Paris, an English author who has long lived in France, wrote it while taking a creative-writing course.
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- Feels like dread, unease and curiosity. About power, love and identity.
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