The Crocodile Bird
Author: Ruth Rendell
Liza is not your average teenager. Sixteen years old, she lives with her mother, Eve, in a secluded gatehouse, which she has never been allowed to leave. There was only enough room for two in their cocoon; intruders entered at their peril, only to mysteriously disappear…Liza is not the only one to discover the truth behind her mother’s pathological violence, or the dead….Read More
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