My Lover's Lover

My Lover's Lover by O'Farrell, Maggie. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780670032150.

Her award-winning novel, After Youd Gone, established Maggie OFarrell as a master of psychological depth and supple prose. In My Lovers Lover she has written a haunting page-turner. When Lily slips on the sidewalk outside a London gallery and literally falls at the feet of a stranger, Marcus, the attraction is instant and electric. Within a week she is sharing this magnetic yet elusive architects waterfront loft and sleeping in the room that belonged to his girlfriend, Sinead-of whom all he will say is "shes no longer . . . with us." But there lingers a distinct presence, of a woman who seems to have disappeared abruptly-leaving behind a single sexy dress in the closet, a puzzling mark on the wall, and the suffocating scent of jasmine. As Lily falls ever more deeply in love with Marcus, Sineads aura consumes her with fear and obsession that spark a drama of passion and betrayal.