Borrowed Time

Itisagoldeneveningofhighsummer.WalkingaridgeontheWelshBorders，RobinTimariotmeetsbychanceanelegantmiddle-agedwomanwhoseemsstrangelyoutofplace.Theyexchangeonlyafewwords，butthosewordsprovetobeunforgettable.AfewdayslaterTimariotlearnsfromthenewpapersthat，justhoursaftertheirmeeting，thewomanwasrapedandmurdered.Amanisswiftlychargedandconvictedofthecrime，butastringofinexplicableeventsbeginstoconvinceTimariotthatallisnotwhatitseems.Fascinatedbythedeadwoman'smemory，heissuckedintothecomplexmotivesandtorturedrelationshipsofherfamilyandfriends，searchingagainsthisbetterjudgemntforthesecretofwhatreallyhappenedthedayshedied.Thecloserhegetstothetruth，themorehideousanduncertainitseemstobe.Andfartoolateherealizesthatanybodywhouncoversitisunlikelytobeallowedtolive."FromthePaperbackedition.