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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #63506 in Books
- Published on: 1997-02-20
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 464 pages
Editorial Reviews
Synopsis
'It was the smell that Mrs Powell noticed first. Slightly sweet. Slightly unpleasant. It shocked her badly to find a dead man in the corner, his head slumped on his knees.' Who was Billy Blake, other than a homeless alcoholic who wandered the streets? Why was he found dead from starvation in one of the richest areas of one of the richest capitals in the world? And why did he die alone in the garage of wealthy architect Amanda Powell - a woman whose wealth can only be explained if her husband is dead ...? 'Grips like steel ...Plays havoc with your emotions, keeps you awake, ends with joy and relief' - Frances Fyfield, "Mail on Sunday". 'Atmosphere, imagination and narrative power of which few other writers are capable' - Marcel Berlins, "The Times".
Customer Reviews
Kept me turning the pages
This was the second Minette Walters novel I had read after The Shape of Snakes, which I also thought was very good, but this novel was much better. It slowly reels you in and I liked how the characters developed. I rushed home from work to carry on reading it. I really recommend this book, for people who have read Minette's novels before but also for those who would like to try her novels for the first time. Couldn't put it down. I am now reading The Breaker which I hope will be the same.
loved it
This book is so gripping, lots of turns and good characters, you really want to find out what has happened at the end.
excellent
One of her best.
This is a fantastic book by Mrs Walters and ranks in the top eschelons of both her own other books and thriller writing in general.
Again she has some top notch characters entering the story which the reader can not only believe but empathise with as well. These are the flawed human beings we meet every day and not some smooth shaven super-heros who one ends up despising as much as admiring who sadly occupy too many writers' novels.
A brilliant book.
