The Judgement of Strangers (The Roth Trilogy, Book 2)
On Sale: 02/05/2001
The Judgement of Strangers (The Roth Trilogy, Book 2)
On Sale: 02/05/2001
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About the Book
‘Complex, with lots of sinister implications… moves the traditional crime novel on to some deeper level of exploration’ Jane Jakeman, Independent
It is 1970. David Byfield, a widowed parish priest with a dark past and a darker future, brings home a new wife to Roth. Throughout the summer, the consequences of the marriage reverberate through a village now submerged in a sprawling London suburb.
Blinded by lust, Byfield is oblivious to the dangers that lie all about him: the menopausal churchwarden with a hopeless passion for her priest; his beautiful, neglected teenage daughter Rosemary; and the sinister presence of Frances Youlgreave – poet, opium addict and suicide – whose power stretches beyond the grave.
Soon the murders and blasphemies begin. But does the responsibility lie in the present or the past? And can Byfield, a prisoner of his own passion, break through to the truth before the final tragedy destroys what he most cherishes?
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Product Details
- ISBN: 9780007105106
- ISBN 10: 000710510X
- Imprint: HarperCollins
- On Sale: 02/05/2001
- Pages: 384
- List Price:9.99 CAD
- BISAC1 : FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled
- BISAC2 : FICTION / Psychological
- BISAC3 : FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense
- BISAC4 : FICTION / Urban
- BISAC5 : FICTION / Small Town & Rural