Ruth Rendell's latest psychological thriller. When Stuart Font decides to throw a house-warming party in his new flat, he invites everyone in his building. The party will be one everyone remembers. But not for the right reasons. Living opposite in reclusive isolation is a young, beautiful Asian woman christened Tigerlily by Stuart. As though from some strange urban fairytale, she emerges to exert a terrible spell on the occupants of Lichfield House.