A Flaw in the Design PB

Absorbing and original . . . A very smart tale packed with jeopardy Daily Mail Keeps you guessing till the very end The Times An absolute page-turner Miranda Cowley Heller, author of The Paper Palace Hes in your house. Hes in your family. Or is he in your mind? Gil has been estranged from his sister ever since her obnoxious son tried to drown his daughter on a family holiday. Thats Gils interpretation; his sister thinks Matthew was just playing around. Or did. When she and her husband perish in a car crash, Gil becomes Matthews legal guardian. Matthew is now an urbane 17-year-old, raised on Manhattans Upper East Side, a planet away from rural Vermont, where Gil lives with his wife and daughters, teaching at the local university. At first, Matthew appears to have changed, but when he joins Gils writing class, he submits a story detailing the various ways a character resembling Gils youngest daughter might die. While Gil believes he has invited a psychopath to live under his roof, the women in his life are impressed by Matthews intelligence and charm. Is Gil losing his mind, or are his family in desperate danger?