Sextet - Softcover

Beauman, Sally

3.38

141 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 055350326X ISBN 13: 9780553503265

Publisher: Transworld Pub, 1998

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Journalist Lindsay Drummond is about to re-make her life: she plans to move out of London, change her job, and above all cure herself of her hopeless love for her unfairly handsome colleague, Rowland McGuire. Deadline day is Hallowe'en - but an encounter then with Rowland's friend, Colin Lascelles, a man much less innocent than he seems, quickly teaches hear that the best-laid plans can go delightfully awry...

In New York, actress Natasha Lawrence is also trying to rebuild her life. Pursued by a stalker for the past five years, still to her ex-husband, the celebrated film director Thomas Court, she retreats with her son to the precincts of the exclusive - and haunted - Conrad apartment building. But will it provide her the security she so desperately seeks, and will she and her husband be albe to lay to rest the ghosts of their past?

Lindsay's and Natasha's lives become inextricably entangled; when the cast of characters gathers for Thanksgiving at the sinister Conrad building, anything can happen, for romance and retribution, marrige and murder are in the air.

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Critical Acclaim for Sextet

'This is a novel with a split personality, part dizzy romance, part dark whodunnit, a magical mystery tour of the hearts and minds of a very mixed bunch of people as their paths criss-cross from London to New York via Oxfordshire and Yorkshire ... Beauman spins heaps of seductive, dreamlike magic to weave the strands into a pacy, racy, mystical story where no conclusion is foregone.' - The Times

'A thriller which knocks you for six ... [A] peach of a novel ... The artful Sally Beauman plays extremely clever games with the staples of popular fiction, moving the pieces to make original and intriguing patterns ... Sextet is a hugely entertaining read, seriously romantic and with a terrific sense of -atmosphere. Sally Beauman's control of her complex material is absolute. She is an excellent craftswoman.' Kate Saunders' - Daily Express

'Beauman's better than ever in this sexy, yet romantic thriller ... A thoroughly entertaining romantic thriller that mixes a believable, touching love story and genuine thrills in equal measure ... A complex cracker of a plot with vivid characters and atmospheric locations, sexy [and] stylishly written Miss Beauman carries it all off with great panache.' - Good Housekeeping

'An accomplished thriller [with a] chilling conclusion.' - Woman & Home

About the Author:

Sally Beauman was born in Devon, and graduated from Girton College, Cambridge. As a journalist, she has worked in America for New York magazine, and has written for the New Yorker. In England, she has worked for the Daily Telegraph, for Vogue, and was editor of Queen magazine. She has published two works of non-fiction, including The Royal Shakespeare Company: A History of Ten Decades; her previous novels Destiny, Dark Angel, Lovers and Liars and Danger Zones have been translated into over twenty languages and have been bestsellers worldwide. She has recently completed her latest novel, Sextet. Sally Beauman lives with her family in London and Gloucestershire.

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