The Sonnet Lover - Hardcover

Goodman, Carol

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0345479572 ISBN 13: 9780345479570

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 2007

Synopsis

Drawn by a letter from a student who dies under mysterious circumstances, literature professor Rose Asher journeys to the rustic Italian villa where she had first met her one-time lover Bruno Brunelli and finds herself caught up in the dangerous search for a missing folio containing what some believe are some long-lost sonnets penned by William Shakespeare. Reader's Guide available. 30,000 first printing.

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Review:

Praise for Carol Goodman The Lake of Dead Languages "A wonderfully eerie sense of place . . . deeply atmospheric."-Los Angeles Times Book Review "Like Donna Tartt's A Secret History or a good film noir [this book will] keep readers hooked."-People" "(Page-turner of the Week) The Seduction of Water"""Truly a seductive reading experience . . . grabs the reader on the first page and holds on for the entire journey."-The Denver Post "Like the best mysteries, The Seduction of Water offers puzzles and twists galore but still tells a human story."-The Boston Globe The Drowning Tree "Deftly plotted and certainly intriguing . . . infused with the sinister aura of its setting . . . The Drowning Tree has its twists and shudders."-New York Daily News "[A] captivating literary mystery of secrets old and new."-Publishers Weekly The Ghost Orchid "Seductive . . . Goodman has a flair for the stylistic flourishes of romantic suspense."-The New York Times Book Review "Compelling reading, a classic page-turner for anyone who likes to be haunted by a good story."-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "From the Hardcover edition."

Book Description:

A wonderfully evocative literary thriller

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0345479572
• ISBN 13: 9780345479570
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 350