Vanish in an Instant

'One of the most original and vital voices in all of American crime fiction' Laura Lippman, author of Sunburn

Virginia Barkeley is a nice, well brought-up girl. So what is she doing wandering through a snow storm in the middle of the night, blind drunk and covered in someone else's blood?

When Claude Margolis' body is found a quarter of a mile away with half-a-dozen stab wounds to the neck, suddenly Virginia doesn't seem such a nice girl after all. Her only hope is Meecham, the cynical small-town lawyer hired as her defence. But how can he believe in Virginia's innocence when even she can't be sure what happened that night? And when the answer seems to fall into his lap, why won't he just walk away?

„Una dintre cele mai originale si vitale voci din toata fictiunea criminala americana” Laura Lippman, autorul cartii Sunburn Virginia Barkeley este o fata draguta, bine educata. Deci, ce face ratacind printr-o furtuna de zapada in mijlocul noptii, orb beat si acoperit de sangele altcuiva? Cand corpul lui Claude Margolis este gasit la un sfert de mila distanta, cu jumatate de duzina de rani injunghiate la gat , deodata Virginia nu pare o fata atat de draguta pana la urma.