Kidnap - Rilegato

Wright, L.R.

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ISBN 10: 0385257503 ISBN 13: 9780385257503

Casa editrice: Doubleday Canada, 2000

Riassunto

In the tradition of P.D. James and Ruth Rendell, to whom L.R. Wright is often compared, the suspense in Kidnap stems not from whodunnit but why. A young girl is taken from her aunt's care while her father is in Hawaii trying to recover from his wife's sudden death. A middle-aged woman, spurred on by an unscrupulous accomplice, tries to assuage her feelings of loneliness and despair with a dramatic act of revenge. Edwina "Eddie" Henderson, battling to assert her authority over the Sechelt's RCMP detachment following the retirement of beloved Staff Sergeant Karl Alberg, urgently tries to put together the pieces of a mysterious psychological puzzle in time to find the missing girl.

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Recensione:

"Wright's talent is to portray crimes from many points of view rather than set up the stock good guy/bad guy scenario. In Kidnap, she depicts the emotional states of Samantha, Eddie, and even those responsible for the abduction with such even-handed sympathy that by the end it is hard to know who to cheer for." - Vancouver magazine
From the Paperback edition.

L'autore:

L.R. Wright is the author of twelve novels. She is the two-time winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for best crime fiction. She was the first woman and the only Canadian ever to receive the coveted Edgar Allan Poe award, for The Suspect. L.R. Wright lives in Vancouver.

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• Editore: Doubleday Canada
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0385257503
• ISBN 13: 9780385257503
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 320