Knife Edge

Simon Mayo

Having read it

★★★★☆

A good read with a good pace and plenty of intriguing moments, with a few twists and turns, that helped propel the story to its big moment at the end.

A good passage

[During a brief phone call between characters.] There was a transatlantic pause, longer than just the satellite delay.

A second good passage

Famie did cry. Afterwards, relief and alcohol worked their way through her self-control. She wanted to talk, they wanted to listen. Wanted to hear every extraordinary, speculative, prejudicial word that she had to offer.