Life and Loves of a She Devil

''ONE OF OUR VERY BEST WRITERS'' Sunday Times ''A tour de force'' The Times ''Intoxicating'' Daily Telegraph ''Devilishly delightful'' New York Times Book Review ''Beautifully and compellingly written'' Sunday Express ''Audacious'' Times Literary Supplement THE BESTSELLING CLASSIC TALE OF A WOMAN SCORNED, FROM A MUCH-LOVED BRITISH AUTHOR Ruth Patchett never thought of herself as particularly devilish. Rather the opposite in fact - simply a tall, not terribly attractive woman living a quiet life as a wife and mother in a respectable suburb. But when she discovers that her husband is having a passionate affair with the lovely romantic novelist Mary Fisher, she is so seized by envy that she becomes truly diabolic. Within weeks she has burnt down the family home, collected the insurance, made love to the local drunk and