Trespass: A Novel

"She was not afraid of this man, but it flustered her that his small conversational rudeness—the abruptness of his refusal to explain about bathtubs—seemed to have given him the upper hand. No matter, he was starkers and an intruder and folded into her own laundry tub, and even though she was naked and fifty years old and alone in the house, she was strong and she knew how to kick, and besides, there was a long-handled shovel leaning on the wall right behind her."

Maggie Gifford is shocked t...