The Judgment of Strangers - Softcover

Taylor, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 140132262X ISBN 13: 9781401322625

Publisher: Hachette Books, 2009

Synopsis

'Complex, with lots of sinister implications! moves the traditional crime novel on to some deeper level of exploration' Jane Jakeman, Independent It is 1970. David Byfield, a widowed parish priest with a dark past and a darker future, brings home a new wife to Roth. Throughout the summer, the consequences of the marriage reverberate through a village now submerged in a sprawling London suburb. Blinded by lust, Byfield is oblivious to the dangers that lie all about him: the menopausal churchwarden with a hopeless passion for her priest; his beautiful, neglected teenage daughter Rosemary; and the sinister presence of Frances Youlgreave -- poet, opium addict and suicide -- whose power stretches beyond the grave. Soon the murders and blasphemies begin. But does the responsibility lie in the present or the past And can Byfield, a prisoner of his own passion, break through to the truth before the final tragedy destroys what he most cherishes

About this title

Product Description:

Rare Book

Review:

'An intelligent, exciting psychological drama ... A powerful feeling of something nasty just around the corner prevails.' (The Daily Mail)

'This author knows precisely how to wield suspense.' (The Independent)

'Taylor is a major thriller talent.' (Time Out)

About this edition

• Publisher: Hachette Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 140132262X
• ISBN 13: 9781401322625
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400