Book description
Jane Logan is a stranger to Berlin and she finds the city alive and
echoing with the ghosts of its turbulent past. At six months pregnant,
she's instructed by her partner Petra to rest and enjoy her new life in
Germany. But while Petra is out at work, Jane begins to feel uneasy in
their chic apartment. Screams reverberate through the walls, lights
flicker in the derelict building that looms over the yard, a shadow
passes on the stairs... Jane meets a neighbour's daughter, a girl whose
life she tries to mend, but her involvement only further isolates her.
Alone and haunted, Jane fears the worst... but the worst is yet to come.
Louise Welsh, the acclaimed author of The Cutting Room, delivers another
masterful suspense novel. The Girl on the Stairs is a powerful
psychological thriller packed with twists and turns to keep you reading
well into the night. Read it, or be left in the dark. 'I was hooked
from page one' After a history degree from the University of Glasgow,
Louise Welsh opened a second hand bookshop, which she ran for several
years before becoming a full-time author. She has written four
critically acclaimed crime and suspense novels: The Cutting Room, The
Bullet Trick, Tamburlaine Must Die and Naming the Bones. Louise has been
the recipient of several awards including The John Creasey Memorial
Dagger, the Saltire First Book Award, the Glenfiddich/Scotland on Sunday
Spirit of Scotland Writing Award and City of Glasgow Lord Provost's
Award for Literature. She is currently writer in residence for The
University of Glasgow and Glasgow School of Art and has been awarded
several international fellowships and residencies including a Robert
Louis Stevenson Award and the Hawthornden Fellowship. Visit Louise's
website for more information: http://www. louisewelsh. com/index.
