“The Other” by Thomas Tryon (1971)

“How old do you think Miss DeGroot really is?”

Thomas Tryon is one of the forgotten authors I found last year. Although he had quite a successful career in his day and there was even a film made of this book, these days he’s nothing like a household name, especially in Britain. It was fascinating to explore his work.

Identical twins, Holland and Niles Perry, are thirteen-years-old, and despite looking the same and having a very close relationship, they couldn’t be more different. Niles is the so...