The Nature of the Beast - Softcover
Douglas Petty is a man who enjoys his reputation as an unreconstructed male with a penchant for too much wine and too many women. Inheriting his father's eccentric estate and dog sanctuary quietened him a little, and marriage to Amy a little more. Even so, it seemed out of character for him a sue a tabloid newspaper for libel when it printed a scurrilous story about him.His lawyers told him he had a good chance of winning the case, mainly because Amy's testimony would clearly refute the story. But then Amy is involved in a horrendous train crash and while the authorities assume she died in the resulting fire, there is no body to prove it. And if she wasn't killed why has she disappeared and, with no money and no other family, where is she?In a story of mesmerising suspense, Amy slowly reveals why she cannot return to her beloved home, and why she can never escape from the lies she was told as a child.
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Frances Fyfield has spent much of her professional life practising as a criminal lawyer, work which has informed her highly acclaimed crime novels. She has been the recipient of both the Gold and Silver Crime Writers' Association Daggers. She is also a regular broadcaster on Radio 4, most recently as the presenter of the series 'Tales from the Stave'. She lives in London and in Deal, overlooking the sea which is her passion.
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Lives change forever during the crash of the Kent to London train. One passenger uses the crash as an opportunity to hide a murder; another takes the opportunity to leave her past behind. British author Frances Fyfield, who is a soliciter as well as a writer, is known for her involving, tightly written mystery novels. This one is less a traditional mystery than some of her others, but is every bit as involving. Rula Lenska's low-pitched voice is just right for this edgy tale of lives undone and remade. Her narrative reading reflects the action of the story without overdramatizing, and she gives the characters voices that reveal their personalities. Some not so nice, to be sure, but always interesting. A.C.S. © AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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- PublisherKnopf Canada
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0676974937
- ISBN 13 9780676974935
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages288
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