The Sunken Woman

The Sunken WomanOne December day--Constantine remembers it clearly: a bright, cold, metal-sharp afternoon not long before his 37th birthday--Lisel summoned him to her.He had been expecting--no, he had not dared expect--her to telephone him. Sometime. On a whim. Very late one night. D'you remember me? My name is Lisel.... But when the telephone rang that afternoon, he was not prepared for her faint, shy voice. He had to ask her to repeat herself. Who was it? What was wrong? An emergency--?Her wor...