I really enjoyed this book, as outlandish as the events may have been! Poor Alice is stabbed by twin classmates at 14 years old because they fantasize of being famous, egged on by a mysterious person who plays on their fascination with Mr. Tender, a cartoon bartender character created by Alice's father. The event destroys what little happiness the family had in it and her parent's divorce, taking Alice and her younger brother Thomas to America. Alice suffers from severe panic attacks, turning to drugs and witnessing a terrible crime before finally turning her life around. In a twist of 'fate', her father is murdered, stabbed to death, in London and she misses him terribly. When a continuation of the Mr. Tender story, incomplete, lands on her desk with cryptic message to her on the inside cover, sent from London, 3 years after his death? Well, then it gets really interesting. Alice returns to London, on the hunt for someone who is stalking her and dragging old, unwanted people from her past back into her life. When the truth is finally revealed, its more disturbing than she could have imagined. While going perhaps the slightest bit too far in sheer volume of bizarre happenings in Alice's life, it is a gripping tale and will hold you until the very last page!