Throughout the first chapter, however, there are hints that all is not well. This information is presented smoothly as dinner party conversation with the guests, who are convinced that the couple’s life together is perfect: “There were so many ‘perfects’ ringing round the hall as Jack close the door behind them that I know I’ve triumphed,” says Grace to herself. A lawyer who specializes in defending battered wives, Jack promised Grace her dream home to share with Millie, and convinced her to give up her job with Harrods to be a full-time homemaker. Delighted at his kindness, Grace was soon swept off her feet by the future Jack offered her. When Millie got up and started to dance, a “perfect gentleman” rose, held out his hand to her, and waltzed with her. Grace was there with her seventeen year old sister, Millie, who has Down’s Syndrome. In their thirties, recently married, Jack and Grace met at a band concert in London’s Regent’s Park. Paris’s novel opens with a dinner party hosted by Grace and Jack Angel for two other couples. Behind Closed Doors is a psychological thriller in the tradition of Emma Donoghue’s Room and John Fowles’ The Collector, though the plot is quite different.
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