The House on the Cliff - Rilegato

Charlotte Williams

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1447223543 ISBN 13: 9781447223542

Casa editrice: Arcadia Editions, 2013

Riassunto

Actor Gwydion Morgan's dramatic appearance at Jessica Mayhew's psychotherapy practice coincides with a turbulent time in her own life - her husband has just revealed that he's spent the night with a much younger woman. Gwydion, son of the famous Evan Morgan, is good looking and talented but mentally fragile, tormented by an intriguing phobia. Jessica is determined to trace the cause of his distress. So when his mother phones to say he is suicidal, Jessica decides to make a house call. The Morgans live in a grand cliff-top mansion overlooking a rocky bay with its own private jetty. It's a remote and somewhat sinister place. On her visit, Jessica finds out that an au pair who looked after Gwydion as a child drowned in the bay in mysterious circumstances. Could it be that Gwydion witnessed her death? In her quest to help her client, Jessica finds herself becoming embroiled in the Morgans' poisonous family dynamic. At the same time, she has to deal with the demands of her own domestic life: her struggle to keep her marriage intact, as well as her older daughter's increasingly defiant behaviour. And then, of course, there is the growing attraction she feels towards her new client . . .

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Recensione:

"This is a tightly focused psychological drama ... References to the Mabinogion, Lacan and the 19th-century novelist Maria Edgeworth raise the tone above most crime fare, and the setting, which switches from the bustle of Cardiff to the wild Pembrokeshire coast, provides the perfect backdrop for a tale of raw emotions and explosive rage. I look forward to more outings for Williams's cool, clever, yet flawed psychological sleuth." --Independent

"Accomplished debut ... a pacy, intriguing psychological thriller" --Guardian

"A good start to Williams's writing career."
--Literary Review

"A good start to Williams's writing career." --Literary Review

Descrizione del libro:

One woman’s quest to discover the dark secret at the heart of a family

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• Editore: Arcadia Editions
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1447223543
• ISBN 13: 9781447223542
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 304