The Office of the Dead (The Roth Trilogy, Book 3) - Rilegato

Taylor, Andrew

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ISBN 10: 0002325594 ISBN 13: 9780002325592

Casa editrice: Collins Crime, 2000

Riassunto

The final volume in the acclaimed Roth Trilogy, which, like an archaeological dig, strips away the layers of a psychopath’s history: ‘Taylor has established a sound reputation for writing tense, clammy novels that perceptively penetrate the human psyche’ – Marcel Berlins, The Times

It’s 1958, and the party’s over for Wendy Appleyard: she finds herself penniless, jobless and on the brink of divorce. Who better to come to her rescue than her oldest friend, Janet Byfield?

So Wendy goes to stay with Janet, who seems to have everything Wendy lacks: a handsome husband, a lovely little daughter, Rosie, and a beautiful home in the Cathedral Close of Rosington. David Byfield is on the verge of promotion, and Janet is the perfect wife for an ambitious young clergyman.

But perfection has always been dangerous, and gradually the idyll sours. Old sins come to haunt the present and breed new sins in their place. The shadow of death seeps through the Close, and with it comes the double mystery stretching back to turn-of-the-century Rosington, to a doomed poet-priest called Francis Youlgreave.

Only Wendy, the outsider looking in, glimpses the truth. But can she grasp its dark and twisted logic in time to prevent the coming tragedy.

The Office of the Dead is a chilling novel of crime and retribution, and is the third volume of Andrew Taylor’s stunning and acclaimed Roth Trilogy.

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Recensione:

‘This author knows precisely how to wield suspense’
Independent on Sunday

‘A major thriller talent’
Time Out

‘Complex, with lots of sinister implications... moves the traditional crime novel on to some deeper level of exploration’
Independent

‘Tells of dark deeds in a commuter village... Taylor writes well and persuasively’
Literary Review (of The Judgement of Strangers)

L'autore:

Andrew Taylor is the award-winning author of a number of crime novels, including the Dougal series, the Lydmouth books, and The Barred Window. He and his wife live with their children in the Forest of Dean.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Collins Crime
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0002325594
• ISBN 13: 9780002325592
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 352