The Woman in the Fifth: A Novel - Softcover

“In his fast-paced, engrossing novels Douglas Kennedy always has his brilliant finger on the entertaining parts of human sorrow, fury, and narrow escapes.” —Lorrie Moore, "New York Times "bestselling author of "A Gate at the Stairs"

“Extraordinarily compelling.” —"Daily Mirror" (London)

“Kennedy cannot help but write grippingly.” —"Observer" (London)

“A thriller for people who don’t like thrillers; a romance for people who don’t like romances; a philosophical enquiry into the nature of truth and a thumping good read.... Nail-bitingly compulsive. Kennedy has done it again.” —"The Times "(London)

“Kennedy is a master storyteller, who never fails to keep you gripped until the last page.” —Sarah Dunant, "New York Times "bestselling author of "Sacred Hearts"

"Extraordinarily compelling." --"Daily Mirror" (London)

"Kennedy cannot help but write grippingly." --"Observer" (London)

"A thriller for people who don't like thrillers; a romance for people who don't like romances; a philosophical enquiry into the nature of truth and a thumping good read.... Nail-bitingly compulsive. Kennedy has done it again." --"The Times "(London)

"In his fast-paced, engrossing novels Douglas Kennedy always has his brilliant finger on the entertaining parts of human sorrow, fury, and narrow escapes." --Lorrie Moore, "New York Times "bestselling author of "A Gate at the Stairs"

"Kennedy is a master storyteller, who never fails to keep you gripped until the last page." --Sarah Dunant, "New York Times "bestselling author of "Sacred Hearts"

Losing his job and family after an impulsive affair, Harry Ricks flees to Paris, where he becomes a night watchman for a shady organization and falls in love with a cultivated Hungarian widow before realizing that everybody who has mistreated him is meeting an unfortunate end. By the author of Leaving the World. Original.