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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
A cruel and manipulative woman is strangled to death in a British village in Barnard's subtle, delightful novel.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
YA-- The author of The Skeleton in the Grass (Thorndike, 1988) has written another page-turner. Lydia Perceval has always controlled the men in her life, from her former beau, to her n'er-do-well ex-husband, to the nephews to whom she is so devoted that she usurps her sister's role as mother. Just as it seems that she has lost her power, two boys enter her life. Intelligent and friendly, they soon become her pet project. In fact, when Lydia is murdered, they are surprised to learn that she had not yet placed them in her will, while investigating superintendent Mike Oddie observes that her former boyfriend is not at all surprised to be her sole heir. The deeper Oddie delves into Lydia's past, the more he realizes that there was nothing simple about any of her "attachments" and that any one of them could have led to her fatal end. Combining the psychological probing of a Ruth Rendell story with the class tensions of a P. D. James mystery, Barnard creates a unique form of suspense novel. It's an excellent introduction to a prize-winning writer.
- Catherine Clancy, Boston Public Library
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
See all Editorial Reviews
A cruel and manipulative woman is strangled to death in a British village in Barnard's subtle, delightful novel.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
YA-- The author of The Skeleton in the Grass (Thorndike, 1988) has written another page-turner. Lydia Perceval has always controlled the men in her life, from her former beau, to her n'er-do-well ex-husband, to the nephews to whom she is so devoted that she usurps her sister's role as mother. Just as it seems that she has lost her power, two boys enter her life. Intelligent and friendly, they soon become her pet project. In fact, when Lydia is murdered, they are surprised to learn that she had not yet placed them in her will, while investigating superintendent Mike Oddie observes that her former boyfriend is not at all surprised to be her sole heir. The deeper Oddie delves into Lydia's past, the more he realizes that there was nothing simple about any of her "attachments" and that any one of them could have led to her fatal end. Combining the psychological probing of a Ruth Rendell story with the class tensions of a P. D. James mystery, Barnard creates a unique form of suspense novel. It's an excellent introduction to a prize-winning writer.
- Catherine Clancy, Boston Public Library
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
See all Editorial Reviews
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- Murder in Mayfair, A [LARGE TYPE EDITION] by Robert Barnard in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Corpse at the Haworth Tandoori by Robert Barnard in Front Matter
- A Cry from the Dark: A Novel of Suspense by Robert Barnard in Front Matter
- The Graveyard Position: A Novel of Suspense by Robert Barnard in Front Matter
- Dying Flames: A Novel of Suspense by Robert Barnard in Front Matter