What is clear is that Lucy is romantically obsessed with Alice and that Alice is afraid of her. “I had never, not once in the many moments that had occurred between the Green Mountains of Vermont and the dusty alleyways of Morocco, expected to see her again.” Alice and Lucy did not part on good terms there are repeated references to a horrible accident which will remain mysterious for some time. Then Lucy Mason, her one-time best friend and roommate at Bennington College, shows up unannounced on her doorstep. He vanishes every day into the city, which he adores, while Alice is afraid to go out at all, having once gotten lost in the flea market. “At first, I had told myself that Tangier wouldn’t be so terrible,” says Alice Shipley, a young wife dragged there by her unpleasant husband, John McAllister, who has married her for her money. Ripley under the Moroccan sun.In 1956, a pair of college roommates meets again in Tangier, with terrifying results. "The Girl on the Train meets The Talented Mr. "A plot as twisty as the streets of its dazzling Tangier setting" - Daily Mail Then Alice's husband, John, goes missing, and she starts to question everything around her: her relationship with her enigmatic friend, her decision to come to Tangier and her very own state of mind. But soon a familiar feeling starts to overtake Alice - she feels controlled and stifled by Lucy at every turn. Lucy, always fearless and independent, helps Alice emerge from her flat and explore the country. She has not adjusted to life in Morocco, too afraid to venture out into the bustling medinas and oppressive heat. But Lucy is standing there, trying to make things right. After the horrific accident at Bennington, the two friends - once inseparable roommates - haven't spoken in over a year. The last person Alice Shipley expected to see when she arrived in Tangier with her new husband was Lucy Mason.
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