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Lucy Trent is used to having the legend of her glamorous, disreputable grad-mamma disinterred from time to time - the infamous silent -screen actress Lucretia von Wolff, whose lovers were legion, whose scandals were numerous, whose life ended abruptly in a bizarre double murder and suicide at the Ashwood film studios in 1952. Lucy rather enjoys Lucretia's legend - although most of the family would prefer it to be quietly forgotten. But when a body is found in the now-derelict studios, brutalized in a macabre echo of the 50-year old case, disturbing facts about the past begin to emerge.Facts which point back to the eerie legend of the child known simply as Alraune. The child named after Lucretia's most famous film. The who may never have existed at all. In the ensuing murder investigation, Lucy is to discover the truth about her family's dark and often poignant history - a history which spans the glittering concert halls of 1920s Vienna to the bleak environs of wartime Auschwitz. And at the heart of it all lies the shocking truth about the mysterious child called Alraune.
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- PublisherSimon & Schuster
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0739473417
- ISBN 13 9780739473412
- BindingHardcover
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Lucy Trent is used to having the legend of her glamorous grandmother unearthed from time to time--the infamous silent-screen actress Lucretia von Wolff, whose life ended abruptly in a bizarre double murder and suicide at the Ashwood film studios in 1952. But when a body is found in the now-derelict studios, brutalized in a macabre echo of the 50-year-old case, disturbing facts about the past begin to emerge--facts that point back to the eerie tale of the child known as Alraune. The child named after Lucretia' s most famous film. The child who may never have existed at all. In the ensuing murder investigation, Lucy is to discover the truth about her family's dark history--a history that spans the glittering concert halls of 1920s Vienna to the bleak environs of wartime Auschwitz. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book. Seller Inventory # 123682134
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