Shame

Author: Alvtegen, Karin
Publisher: Felony & Mayhem
Publication Date: 03/01/2010

U.S. original publication by Swedish writer, shortlisted for one of England's prestigious Dagger awards. Once again we're in Rendell territory, with a plot about two women who are outwardly very different but are in fact both tormented by their own destructive memories. When the women are thrown together by an accident, the power of those memories becomes all but overwhelming.