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For John Smith, a man with a corrupted conscience, the motive is simple. Someone has stolen the only person he has ever loved or was ever capable of loving: his twin brother, Cannon. Without him, life has no meaning and Johnny will stop at nothing to be his brother's keeper.
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Who is the current Queen of Crime? Rendell and James may still be jockeying for top position, but if Fyfield continues to turn out sterling work like this, they'd better look to their laurels. Each new book establishes her authority as a first-rate crime writer, and her territory is subtly different from her rivals. She is always good at the terrifying internecine warfare of family life, and demonstrates a scarifying grasp of twisted personalities. The plot for the new one is genuinely original: the troubled John Smith is set on the rack when the only person he was ever capable of loving is stolen from him.This is his twin brother, Cannon, who has married a woman he is deeply in love with. But seeing his brother's pathological desire to restore their relationship, Cannon (a sometime bombmaker and artist) goes into hiding. The quirky lawyer Sarah Fortune becomes involved with him and his wife, the real target of the disturbed brother. But is all as it seems? While delivering a powerful narrative of off-kilter psychology, Fyfield is really interested in the nature of evil, and the way in which her protagonists are obliged to deal with it. --Barry Forshaw
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'I doubt I will read a better book this year.' Val McDermid 'She is a writer of huge, weird imagination.' The Times
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Jonathan Ring (illustrator). London: Bantam:, 1999. First edition, Hardcover, Fine in Fine dust jacket, 271 pp. Cover artwork by: Jonathan Ring Twin brothers. Both have terrible teeth. So bad, in fact, it's disfigurement. One sees the dentist, gets married and seemingly finds happiness. The other is terribly afraid of dentists, opts to retain his affliction, and wants to kill his brother's wife for leaving him alone with his misery. The brothers, the wife, the dentist and an unusual lawyer make for a tangy brew that reminds me of Goldman's MARATHON MAN. Twisted mystery lovers and those that can deal with deadly dentifrice take note. First edition, Hardcover, Fine in Fine dust jacket, Seller Inventory # 9711
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