The Victim

On the whole, it was easier than I had expected. Only once did I feel myself at risk. That was when the Inspector suddenly intervened. He said in a harsh voice : "He married your wife, didn't he ? Took her away from you some people might say. Nice piece of goods, too, by the look of her. Didn't you feel any grievance ? " I had been expecting this question. I knew exactly what I would say. In The Victim, the late, great P.
D. James unerringly takes us inside the mind of her narrator ; a man with a patient and methodical plan for revenge.