The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.
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#17 of 31 for Hooptober The ending took it from a 4 to 4.5. Loved this one.
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*" I'd like to die and not see him anymore" "Die, darling! Die and do it quickly!"* As the title denotes, this is a diabolically brilliant thriller that gradually hooks you into the characters' twisted world before delivering a stunning gut-punch ending . What a masterpiece!
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