Book editor Sarah Stanforth dreams of vengeance against Erica Tudor, the young author her husband Keir has fallen in love with. But she is unprepared when, out of the blue, Erica arrives at her isolated farmhouse brandishing a gun. During a violent struggle, Sarah reaches for an ax, and brutally hacks her rival to death. Knowing no one will believe she killed Erica in self-defense, Sarah secretly buries the body in her backyard. And now, caught in a terrifying spiral of guilt and paranoia, she will do anything to avoid discovery.
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Veronica Geoghegan Sweeney was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1949. Her father died when she was sixteen and a year later her sister, Margo, aged twenty four, died of Hodgkin's Lymphoma. The loss of people she loved and the destruction of her close-knit family affected her, and probably adds, she says, to a strong sense of family, or the search for family and 'belonging', in all her novels.
Veronica failed first year law studies and then, encouraged by her mother, Elizabeth, she decided to concentrate on what she felt she did best, writing, acting and classical music. "Consequently I have lived with penury most of my life," but would not have it any other way. She loves travelling - "I've dragged my mother, my daughter and my granddaughter, separately or together, half-way 'round the world on more than one occasion" - and now lives in Ireland. Her first novel, The Emancipist, was published in 1985; this was followed by South lies the Valley (1988), A Turn of the Blade (1996), Dark Obsession (1999) and Dark Lord of Geeragh in 2000.
Readers can follow Veronica's blog-of-sorts on Facebook at Veronica Geoghegan Sweeney. Her mystery novel, The Summer Place, set in New Brunswick, Canada, and her two fantasy novels, Dark Lord of Geeragh and Dead Pirates and the Exceptional Children are available on Kindle. She is currently uploading her first novel, The Emancipist, which will be available in October, 2011.
Veronica failed first year law studies and then, encouraged by her mother, Elizabeth, she decided to concentrate on what she felt she did best, writing, acting and classical music. "Consequently I have lived with penury most of my life," but would not have it any other way. She loves travelling - "I've dragged my mother, my daughter and my granddaughter, separately or together, half-way 'round the world on more than one occasion" - and now lives in Ireland. Her first novel, The Emancipist, was published in 1985; this was followed by South lies the Valley (1988), A Turn of the Blade (1996), Dark Obsession (1999) and Dark Lord of Geeragh in 2000.
Readers can follow Veronica's blog-of-sorts on Facebook at Veronica Geoghegan Sweeney. Her mystery novel, The Summer Place, set in New Brunswick, Canada, and her two fantasy novels, Dark Lord of Geeragh and Dead Pirates and the Exceptional Children are available on Kindle. She is currently uploading her first novel, The Emancipist, which will be available in October, 2011.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent read. Once I started, I coulnd't put it down.,
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This review is from: A Turn of the Blade (Mass Market Paperback)
I read this book in a day. Once I started, I couldn't stop. I kept reading to find out what would happen next. The story is different. Sarah kills Erica and the story is about what led up to that and what happens after. I would recommend to anyone who wants to read a good book, different kind of story.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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TWISTED BLADE,
By Michael Butts (Berkeley Springs, WV USA) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: A Turn of the Blade (Mass Market Paperback)
It's hard to like TURN OF THE BLADE, but I found myself caught up in its interesting premise anyway. The crucial problem is that its heroine, Sarah Stanforth, is not that likeable. She has a blind love for a man who rejected her after 20 years of marriage and she rejects the love of a hulking sheriff who does really love her. And she kills her husband's new wife in a fit of rage and self defense, and then buries her body to boot.
Told from Sarah's perspective, the novel is a little too long, but Sweeney manages to create situations and actions that are hard to resist. I wasn't too pleased with the ending, but it's inevitably required. An interesting book nonetheless.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fast, easy read, Entertaining,
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This review is from: A Turn of the Blade (Mass Market Paperback)
I really enjoyed "Turn of the Blade" and read it in 2 days. It is not a typical crime thriller as you know who did it from the first line, but you are drawn into the characters and their lives so easily you have to read on to see what happens next. I would definately recommend it as a light, entertaining read, right to the last page.
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