Sleeping Cruelty - Softcover

La Plante, Lynda

3.83

1,006 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330370278 ISBN 13: 9780330370271

Publisher: Pan MacMillan, 2001

View all copies of this ISBN edition:

LYNDA LA PLANTE'S FANTASTIC NEW NOVEL OF POLITICS. SCANDAL AND AN ISLAND PARADISE...Fabulously wealthy entrepreneur Sir William Benedict has always dreamed of being accepted amongst society's elite, despite his working class roots. When fast-rising Tory MP Andrew Maynard enters his life, William suddenly finds that he has gained the social status that he has always craved. But when a political scandal erupts around him, William is shunned by the socialites he once called friends, and his reputation is left in tatters. Now the worm is ready to turn...With the help of the wild and enigmatic Justin Chalmers and his exquisite yet reclusive sister Laura, William's island paradise will become the scene of his revenge.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author:

Lynda La Plante has written six previous novels, all of them international bestsellers. She became a household name after the phenomenally successful 'Widows' on television in the mid-Eighties and in the Nineties with the award-winning 'Prime Suspect'.

From AudioFile:

Author Linda La Plante sets the stage for sexual deviance and murder in a chilling prologue that incorporates equal parts of THE BAD SEED and THE TURN OF THE SCREW. If revenge is a dish best served cold, then, some twenty years later, Justin and Laura Chalmers and their billionaire patron, Sir William Benedict, have prepared a gourmet feast for some of the nastiest people ever gathered in one place. Christian Rodska embodies each character with rare complexity. He imbues Justin's biting sarcasm to hide his own vulnerabilities with just the right nuance, and Laura's pathetic repetition of "thank you" takes us into her darkest experiences. Rodska's performance makes this twisted tale of child abuse and its ultimate consequence terrifyingly real. S.J.H. � AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine-- Copyright � AudioFile, Portland, Maine

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.