The Devil You Know - Softcover

Louise Bagshawe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0752821539 ISBN 13: 9780752821535

Publisher: Headline Publishing Group, 2003

Synopsis

Three heads are better than one...

What do a feisty New Yorker, an LA rock chick and a dreamy English public school girl have in common? On paper, not a lot. But even though they live thousands of miles apart and have never met, Rose Fiorello, Poppy Allen and Daisy Markham have the strongest of bonds. They just don't know it yet.

A sinister secret is buried deep at the heart of all their pasts, and sooner or later it has to come out. When that happens, one thing's for certain: the three girl's lives will never be the same again. But will it finally bring them together? After all, when there are old scores to settle, there's definitely strength in numbers...

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Review

Remember the 80s, when padded shoulders and big hair sprayed 'dos were all the rage? Louise Bagshawe, it seems, is spearheading an 80s literary revival The Devil You Know is this young author's seventh novel (other titles include Career Girls, Tall Poppies, A Kept Woman, so you know this author's stalking ground; money, men, high-flying jobs) and stars three sisters who defiantly want it all.

The opening 20 pages are a little ludicrous, featuring an evil brother, a handsome, daredevil Italian count, his gypsy wife, and their triplet girls who are adopted, following their parents' horrible murders. The action swishes ahead a bit and we meet gorgeous Rose, who lives in a poor area of New York, but who is destined to become a property tycoon. Then there's stunning Poppy, an American Jewish princess obsessed by heavy metal, and who ends up in the rock & roll world. And lastly there's Daisy, overweight and stuck in an English boarding school. But with a little application she sheds the pounds and transforms herself into a best selling romantic novelist.

So that's the ambitious careers sorted out. But what about their love lives? Just as glamorous; the Superwomen end up with a real estate giant, a senator and a media magnate respectively. The Devil You Know is a high concept read where revenge is always sweet and the grooming impeccable. --Eithne Farry

Review

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Edition details

• Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0752821539
• ISBN 13: 9780752821535
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448