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The Sculptress

Minette Walters

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The facts of the case were simple: Olive Martin murdered her mother and sister and cut them into tiny pieces. She pled guilty to the crime and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Once incarcerated, she spends her days carving miniature human figures out of wax, earning herself the nickname 'The Sculptress'. But is murder ever that simple? When Rosalind Leigh, an investigative journalist, is persuaded to research Olive's background, she believes she has uncovered an injustice. If so, she has found the story of a lifetime, a story that may save her faltering career. Yet to write it she must speak with Olive, and she is ill-prepared, both emotionally and psychologically, for the monstrous – but childlike – woman she meets. The Sculptress won the Edgar Allan Poe Award when it was first published in 1994.

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Publisher
Pan Macmillan
ISBN-13
9781529014631
Topics
Murder investigationJustice and wrongful convictionPsychological suspense

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