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"A wonderful novel, impeccably written and thoroughly engrossing."--"The New York Times Book Review"
"Where do love, honesty, and responsibility intersect? . . . A provocative rumination on family and what it means to do the right thing."--"Glamour"
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""Funny, suspenseful, and sometimes creepy."--"Los Angeles Times"
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""One of the most surprising thrillers of the year--completely offbeat, unexpected, and unique. Margot Livesey is right up there in the realm of P. D. James."--
"Newsday"
"A story of many kinds of love, indifference, secrecy, and blind selfishness that drives as fiercely to its surprising conclusion as any thriller."--Rosellen Brown
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"Where do love, honesty, and responsibility intersect? . . . A provocative rumination on family and what it means to do the right thing."--"Glamour"
"
""Funny, suspenseful, and sometimes creepy."--"Los Angeles Times"
"
""One of the most surprising thrillers of the year--completely offbeat, unexpected, and unique. Margot Livesey is right up there in the realm of P. D. James."--
"Newsday"
"A story of many kinds of love, indifference, secrecy, and blind selfishness that drives as fiercely to its surprising conclusion as any thriller."--Rosellen Brown
A wonderful novel, impeccably written and thoroughly engrossing. "The New York Times Book Review"
Where do love, honesty, and responsibility intersect? . . . A provocative rumination on family and what it means to do the right thing. "Glamour"
Funny, suspenseful, and sometimes creepy. "Los Angeles Times"
One of the most surprising thrillers of the year--completely offbeat, unexpected, and unique. Margot Livesey is right up there in the realm of P. D. James. "Newsday"
A story of many kinds of love, indifference, secrecy, and blind selfishness that drives as fiercely to its surprising conclusion as any thriller. "Rosellen Brown""
"A wonderful novel, impeccably written and thoroughly engrossing." --The New York Times Book Review
"Where do love, honesty, and responsibility intersect? . . . A provocative rumination on family and what it means to do the right thing." --Glamour
"Funny, suspenseful, and sometimes creepy." --Los Angeles Times
"One of the most surprising thrillers of the year--completely offbeat, unexpected, and unique. Margot Livesey is right up there in the realm of P. D. James." --Newsday
"A story of many kinds of love, indifference, secrecy, and blind selfishness that drives as fiercely to its surprising conclusion as any thriller." --Rosellen Brown
A decent, harried young banker travels north to Scotland and his mysteriously troubled sister. A single mother struggles to make a home for her family in a society she only vaguely comprehends. A baby girl is abandoned in a bus station and picked up by a stranger. A caller leaves threatening messages.
Brilliantly structured and tense, Criminals shows how the best intentions can have the worst results - and how families pull together, form themselves anew, and, occasionally, tear themselves apart.
'A stunning tour de force, suspenseful, beautifully observed...a wonderfully ironic meditation on the marriage of seemingly random trajectories known as fate...a great read and a literary pleasure' Jayne Anne Phillips
'One of the strongest and subtlest voices in Scottish fiction' Glasgow Herald
'Extremely compelling...superbly crafted' Time Out
Brilliantly structured and tense, Criminals shows how the best intentions can have the worst results - and how families pull together, form themselves anew, and, occasionally, tear themselves apart.
'A stunning tour de force, suspenseful, beautifully observed...a wonderfully ironic meditation on the marriage of seemingly random trajectories known as fate...a great read and a literary pleasure' Jayne Anne Phillips
'One of the strongest and subtlest voices in Scottish fiction' Glasgow Herald
'Extremely compelling...superbly crafted' Time Out
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- PublisherRandom House Value Pub
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0517193604
- ISBN 13 9780517193600
- BindingHardcover
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