From the author of the internationally bestselling The Dinner, a dark and gripping novel about how even the most stable of people can be undone by jealousy. A riveting but disturbing literary thriller from the richly talented Dutch author who sprang to prominence with his gripping The Dinner . . . Delicately told, in spare, haunting prose, there are echoes of Stephen King's Misery, but this is even more subtle, with a denouement to send shivers down the spine.