Synopsis
"It was his hideout. When he was upset it was here he came. But now he did not feel safe at all. The birds had suddenly gone quiet and the boy was certain the man was in the woods below him. And then a voice fractured the unnatural hush. "I know you're in there." It was a harsh voice, sounding strained. It chilled the boy." As the story opens, a young boy is hiding for his life having witnessed a brutal murder. He knows if he survives this, his days on his uncle's Californian apple farm are gone forever...Jack Renoir is a man who makes his living discovering other people's secrets while making sure he keeps his own. But when a beautiful young English woman walks into Jack's San Francisco office he doesn't realize she is going to turn his carefully-constructed life completely upside down. As his defenses dissolve he agrees to start a new life with her in England. That is when his troubles really start. Beautifully written, highly suspenseful, this novel marks Andrew Rosenheim as an important new writer in the bestselling tradition of Douglas Kennedy and Sebastian Faulks.
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About the Author
Andrew Rosenheim came to England from America as a Rhodes Scholar in 1977 and has lived near Oxford ever since. He is the author of Stillriver (published by Hutchinson in 2004). He is married and has twin daughters.
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Also by Andrew Rosenheim
STILLRIVER
Updikean in its loving use of detail As well as being a poignant reflection on the vicissitudes of love, the insecurities of growing up and the need to discover what is important in life, it manages some genuinely scary thrills. Gerard Woodward, Daily Telegraph
A gutsy saga about last-minute redemption, home runs and building bridges, Stillriver spans the troubled waters between Harlan Coben and Anita Shreve. Independent
Rosenheim eschews playing the plot simply for thrills, preferring to engage the reader s emotions, but nevertheless comes up with a real page-turner. Daily Mail
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It was his hideout, but now he did not feel safe at all.
The birds had suddenly gone quiet, and the boy was certain the man was in the woods below him. And then a voice fractured the unnatural hush.
I know you re in there. The voice was harsh but high-pitched, sounding strained.
It chilled the boy.
A young boy is hiding for his life, having witnessed a brutal murder. He knows that even if he survives, his days on his uncle s California apple farm are gone for ever
Thirty years later, Jack Renoir makes his living discovering other people s secrets, while making sure he keeps his own. But when Kate Palmer, an English oil consultant, walks into Jack s San Francisco office, his carefully-constructed life is turned upside down. As his defences dissolve, he agrees to try a new life with her in England, where Kate s world is split between smart London and her family s country estate.
Renoir finds himself having to learn a new set of social codes. But the reappearance of Kate s old boyfriend disturbs his newfound happiness, as does Kate s apparent involvement in a high-tech trading scam. Old habits die hard, and Renoir is drawn into a murky world he thought he had left behind for good. Trying to help Kate, even his best intentions threaten to backfire. That is when his troubles really start.
Beautifully written and highly suspenseful, Andrew Rosenheim s new novel is a complex love story in which two secret worlds collide.
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