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Patrick Hazelwood, the former lover of Marion Burgess's husband Tom, lies mute and paralyzed from a stroke, while Marion sits by his bedside composing a letter to him about the profound and unsettling effect he has had on her life. Excerpts from her letter alternate with Patrick's diary, which offers his version of the same events. For each, the titular policeman in question is Tom Burgess. For Marion, Tom was her teenage crush, the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More