The Glass CellRife with overtones of Dostoyevsky, The Glass Cell, combines a quintessential Highsmith mystery with a penetrating critique of the psychological devastation wrought by the prison system. Falsely convicted of fraud, the easy going but nave Philip Carter is sentenced to six lonely, drug ravaged years in prison. Upon his release, Carter is a more suspicious and violent man. For those around him, earning back his trust can mean the difference between life

killing hundreds of passengers

And when legendary cop Chester Lynch takes a shine to Ray - and takes against Ryan - things are only going to get even messier

the group needs to find out what is causing the shifts and what a mysterious product called Ubik has to do with it all

his thoughts return to the year 1812 when he was a cornet in Wellington’s Peninsula Army

But it is not Sister Anne who receives a vision

Her sister Liz

the men call themselves The Rising

continues to evolve

He gets a call

Drawing on his private world of dreams

And until Whitelaw untangles the lies

Amid the party food and the platform shoes