Anna, a postlady in Nottingham, witnesses an accident between a car and a motorcycle. She recognises the driver from an incident 13 years before. She helps Liam, the motorcyclist. Updates from the 2 time lines alternate.
Anna thinks that the driver (now calling herself Amanda though Anna knew her as Carla), was the cause of her brother's and mother's death. Anna's mother neglected Anna, who often used to go to neighbour Joan. When she thought her mother was harming her brother Dan, she contacted Carla who went through the official channels. Carla even (against the rules) visited the house. Dan and the mother were found hung. Carla was (surprisingly to me) sacked.
Anna becomes increasingly confused. She wants Liam to take Amanda to court. Amanda has visited Liam. They've almost become friends. Anna wants to be his friend, suggesting that she moves in with Liam and his old mother while he recovers. Anna hasn't been delivering all the mail. It's been piling up in her house. She starts burning it. She's investigated, suspended. She goes to Liam for emotional support. He suggests that she put her house and money under someone else's name, otherwise when people sue her, she'll lose all her assets. The only person she can think of is Liam.
We learn that Joan found Dan dead and his mother dying, but let the mother die. We learn Carla killed herself and that Amanda is her identical twin. Liam is in debt. He was a juvenile arsonist, killing his father and sister. The accident had unlocked a dangerous aspect of himself.
At the end it's visiting time in a clinic. Liam and Anna, but it's Liam who's the patient.
Too often for my liking, Anna does daft things that her mental issues don't explain.
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