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The Girl On The Stairs by Louise Welsh (view source)
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It isn't a bad novel. It holds the attention purely by virtue of the fundamental mystery as to whether we have a pregnant woman getting delusional or worse, or a wife-murdering, child abusing, mad Doktor with a thing for prostitutes. But that's the point. It ''holds'' the attention; it doesn't ''grab'' it.
The general press were unstinting in their praise (if the extracted quotes on the web are anything to go by), but for me this is nowhere near Welch at her best. For that check out [[Naming The the Bones by Louise Welch|Naming te the Bones]]. For real Berlin darkness though you have to go back to the days of the Wall and you can't do better than Le Carré [[The Spy Who Came In in From The the Cold by John Le Carre|The Spy Who Came in From the Cold]].
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