Make Death Love Me Hamish Hamilton behind the locked doors of

behind the locked doors of the library the aristocratic Klopstocks are `not to be disturbed'

hugely intelligent

This evening is to be no exception: he claims he will reveal an astonishing scientific breakthrough to challenge the fundamentals of human existence

which is in a disgraceful state

The Investigator

Make Death Love Me Hamish Hamilton behind the locked doors ofAlan Groombridge is trapped. Husband to a woman he doesn't like, father to two children he never wanted, and manager of a tiny branch of the Anglian Victoria bank, he is doomed to a life of domestic boredom and tedious routine. All that keeps him afloat is his one fantasy: stealing enough of the bank's money to allow him just one year of freedom one year in which to live a different sort of life. But one day the bank is robbed, the manager and cashier