Prized possessions : murder in a small town
In this masterpiece of psychological suspense (second only, perhaps, to Wright's Edgar-winning The Suspect), the real villain is self-delusion; it inflicts more damage than even the craziest serial killer. In the case of Emma O'Brea, the delusions concern her marriage: When her husband Charlie disappears it quickly becomes apparent that Emma was the only person in Canada who didn't recognize how desperate he had been to leave. And then there's Ed...