The London Train Tessa Hadley by Tessa Hadley 9780099552260, 0099552264 instant download after payment.

In this New York Times Notable Book from one of today’s most acclaimed writers, two lives stretched between two cities converges in a chance meeting that will irrevocably change their lives. “Hadley is a supremely perceptive writer of formidable skill and intelligence, someone who goes well beyond surfaces” (The New York Times Book Review).

"She has such great psychological insights into human beings, which is rare. She is one of the best fiction writers writing today."  - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Paul sets out in search of his eldest daughter Pia, who has gone missing somewhere in London. At first, he thinks he wants to rescue her, but as time passes he is drawn deeper into the excitement of the capital, and a life lived in jeopardy, he forgets his own way home. In the opposite direction, Cora is moving back to Cardiff, to the house she inherited from her parents. She is escaping her marriage and the disappointments of her London life. And then she receives a telephone call to say that her husband has disappeared...

"Darkly elegant... Hadley writes with grace and intensity, moving from careful, beautiful delineation of character and place... to moments of haunting power. She is brilliant, too, at offering us different perspectives."  -  Financial Times

Connecting both stories is The London Train, and a chance meeting that will have immediate and far-reaching consequences for both Paul and Cora.