the enemies of korval have offered pat rin the ring that would make all of korvals holdings his own and a juntavas judge has offered pat rin a world when he appears with hired guns in tow no one knows what hell do pat rin is a gambling man and on his wildcard shoulders the fate of his clan his world his civilization felicia is unmarried pregnant and penniless she steals away from a small irish town and drifts through the industrial english midlands searching for the boyfriend who left her instead she meets up with mr hilditch who is rooking for a new friend to join the five other girls in his memory lane but strange sad terrifying tricks of chance unravel both his and felicias delusions in a story that will magnetize fans of alfred hitchcock and ruth rendell even as it resonates with william trevors own impeccable strength and piercing profundity the washington post book world