000			02096cam a2200349M 4500
001			ocn962355684
003			OCoLC
005			20190307165616.0
008			161111s2017 xx 000 0 eng d
020			_a1782397566
020			_a9781782397564
029	1		_aAU@ _b000059914808
035			_a(OCoLC)962355684
040			_aYDX _beng _cYDX _dOCLCQ _dNLE _dATNSH
082	0	4	_a823.92 _223
100			_aRidpath, Michael, _91331 _d1961- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aAmnesia
260			_aLondon _bCORVUS, _c2017.
300			_a350 p _c24 cm.
520			_a "It is 1999. Alistair is a doctor in his eighties, living in a cottage by a loch in Scotland. He wakes up in hospital having fallen and hit his head, inducing almost total amnesia. A young student, Clemence, the great-niece of a French friend of his, is looking after him. In Alistair's cottage, Clemence finds a manuscript. The first line shocks her: 'It was a warm, still night and the cry of a tawny owl swirled through the birch trees by the loch, when I killed the only woman I have ever loved.' She reads the short prologue; it describes a murder by someone who is clearly the old doctor. The victim is Clemence's French grandmother, Sophie. Clemence decides to read the book to the old doctor as it describes how he and his friends met Sophie in Paris in 1935. As they read on, the relationship between the student and the old man turns from horror and shame to trust and compassion. Which is fortunate, because there are people closing in on the cottage by the loch who are willing to kill to make sure that the old man's secrets stay forgotten."--Publisher description.
650		0	_92708 _aPhysicians _vFiction.
650		0	_97327 _aAmnesiacs _vFiction.
650		0	_913693 _aCaregivers _vFiction.
650		0	_9768 _aMurder _vFiction.
655		0	_920685 _aThrillers (Fiction).
650		0	_912525 _aInterpersonal relations _vFiction.
655		0	_9301 _aPsychological fiction.
651		0	_9814 _aScotland _vFiction.
650		0	_98799 _aSecrecy _vFiction.
942			_2ddc _cFIC
948			_hHELD BY NZWMT - 21 OTHER HOLDINGS
999			_c38983 _d38983