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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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'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)
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'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)
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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- PublisherViking
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0670848816
- ISBN 13 9780670848812
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages448
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