The Poison Tree: A Novel

The handsome student who lived at 57 West Street died there too, his brutal murderer never brought to justice. For Terry Williams, returning to Oxford University to complete a doctorate in detective fiction, the house's macabre history simply means it's cheap. She never suspected the twisted passsions that led to the student's death would entwine around her own life.

A stray cat traumatized by some past act of cruelty, a hidden cache of pornography, a close neighbor's illicit love affair . ....