Unruly Passions [Import] [Hardcover]

Kate Charles (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 448 pages
• Publisher: Little Brown London; First Edition edition (1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316645494
• ISBN-13: 978-0316645492
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.6 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,802,070 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A "can't put it down" read, January 27, 2008

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Thinking this would be "cozy" type mystery, I settled down for a light evening read of "Unruly Passions". I was surprised and delighted to discover a sensitively drawn portrayal of a variety of characters, all of whom were multi-dimensional. At times, the reader can play with books as if they contain blocks instead of characters, interchanging them at will since they are lacklustre. Not so here. Ms. Charles has a village, the Vicar and his wife, the female Archdeacon and her husband and the village newcomer: wealthy potboiler writer and femme fatale. Anything anticipated as deja vu from this seemingly banal mixture will be totally different from the reader's expectation. As carefully as a microsurgeon's delvings, the writer delicately examines in surprising fashion the reverberations of passions which become unruly. There is a mystery twist, but it rides tandem with the denouement and resolution of the story. Sorry when the last page had to be turned.