INCLUDES AN EXCERPT OF RENDELLS FINAL NOVEL, DARK CORNERS This captivating novel about residents and servants on one block of a posh London street is a sex comedy and a social satire, of the Upstairs Downstairs variety, with a few murders mixed in for our added delight The Washington Post Book World. Life on Hexam Place appears orderly on the outside drivers take their employers to and from work, dogs are walked, flowers are planted in gardens. But beneath this tranquil veneer, this quintessentially London world of servants and their masters is set to combust. Henry, the handsome valet to Lord Studley, is sleeping with both the Lords wife and his university-age daughter. Montserrat, the Still familys lazy au pair, assists Mrs. Still in keeping secret her illicit affair with a television actorin exchange for pocket cash.
