Very good read. From the first page onward every turned page lead inevitably to the climax. Older man, younger woman, suspicion, fed by things in the past that went wrong in years with '5' in them.
Douglas gives in to his suspicions and decides to take action towards his wife. Not very wise: she didn't do anything harmful AND he got caugt in the act.... ( )

Competent but rather generic crime story, with rather too much stress on "glamorous lifestyle" details for my taste. Padded out with a smug, self-satisfied essay on the art of crime writing. ( )

Douglas Armstrong stevent af op zijn vijfenvijftigste verjaardag. En aangezien alles wat tot nu toe misging in zijn leven, misging in een jaar met een vijf erin, bereidt hij zich voor op het ergste ( )