BOOKS - A Case to Answer
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A Case to Answer
Author: Margaret Yorke
Year: 2007
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 1.7 MB
Language: English
Year: 2007
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 1.7 MB
Language: English
A novel of subtle suspense and creeping tension A Case to Answer is effortlessly crafted crime fiction in which human weakness and vulnerability lead to secrets lies and tragedy The day Jerry Hunt meets Charlotte Frost is the day he decides to abandon his rebellious criminal ways Despite the fact that Jerrys been to prison and has vowed never to return he continues to run a successful scam with his friend Pete in which Jerry sweettalks a homeowner at the front door while Pete breaks in at the back But the day Jerry enters Charlottes house he sees something in her smile that makes him determined to stay cleanIn many ways Charlotte too would like to leave her past behind and start over Widowed after two years of marriage to Rupert she is faced with the distrust and suspicions of her departed husbands family But when Ruperts troubled granddaughter Imogen needs a place to stay Charlotte agrees to take her in Jerry soon befriends Imogen and with her help he persuades Charlotte to let him renovate her garden As their lives become more and more entangled lies and deceits from both their pasts begin to surface and on a night none of them will ever forget Charlotte disappears Although a very light mystery the book is well weighted with superb plotting and indepth personalities This is a work of impressive quality in the genteel English tradition Publishers Weekly
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