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THE OTHER PASSENGER

Louise Candlish, Simon & Schuster, $29.99

ow does she do it? From the very first page, I wanted to know these two men better. Jamie’s living in a four-storey Georgian house in Greenwich and he takes the riverboat to London on weekdays. He must be a sheikh or an oligarch surely to live so splendidly in the most expensive city in the world. No. He works part time in a coffee bar. The younger man, Kit, grumbles about his own meagre existence though he does have a gorgeous girlfriend Melia. Tomorrow, Jamie won’t get to the coffee bar. In fact, nothing will be as normal from this day forth. Once you’ve turned the last page you’ll concede that it could happen to anyone. The chance of being believed if

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