Asta's Book - Softcover

 
9780140279849: Asta's Book

Synopsis

A tale which spans three generations, from 1905 in Hackney to present-day London. The central figures are Asta - the writer of diaries published with posthumous fame - and her daughter Swanny. It is a double detective story, a quest for identity and a quest for a lost child.

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Review

'A classic double-detective story by crime master Barbara Vine. For a good, absorbing, well-told story, you could hardly better the unveiling of Asta's secret'.' (The Sunday Times)

'A dazzling domestic thriller.' (The Guardian)

'Engrossing ... a mixture of biography, true crime and romance people with vivid minor players and red with herrings.' (The Independent on Sunday)

Book Description

A series of diaries, published over 70 years later, reveal themselves to be more than a mere journal ... an enthralling double-detective thriller by crime master Barbara Vine.

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