An Element of Doubt - Softcover

Gidding, Joan C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1403384916 ISBN 13: 9781403384911

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2003

Synopsis

In, An Element of Doubt a predator is at large! A man as beautiful as Lucifer! Did the harsh mountains of Norway or a loveless childhood produce Per Norstadt, a man of many aliases who takes what he wants eliminating those in his way? He is without a conscience! Does he have a shadow? Always on the move he leaves a trail of murder from London to Paris, Cannes, Stamros, Rome and Zurich.Then, through Dana Sedgeton the novel is 'flashbacked' to an England in the aftermath of World War II, where ruinous taxes and death duties have 'beggared' the population, particularly the aristocracy, among them Sir Hugh and Lady Barbara Sedgeton who are affected but who manage to raise three children, one of them a 'ward', with courage, humor and dignity. Values do prevail.It is the 'ward' Sally Lassiter who meets Norstadt (alias Marc de Courcy) in Paris where she is studying; inadvertently, she leads him to meet young Stephanie Bishop whom he visits in England. Finally, 'Nemesis' waits! The reader might find the diversity of locales, food, fashion, customs interesting enough not to miss the banalities of ugly four-letter words and explicit sex. Subtlety refreshes!

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About the Author

The author Joan Gidding is British-born; she was educated in boarding schools abroad. She has traveled extensively, with her parents and subsequently with her husband visiting Europe, Asia, Russia and the Orient. She is familiar with the places mentioned in An Element of Doubt.She has a B.A and an M.A in English and American Literature.She has written several short stories one of which, 'Twelve Bar Blues With Bolero' won the Herbert L. Hughes Award. She has written one novel prior to the one submitted to First Books Library.In addition to writing she is active in a Literary Book Discussion Group frequently being called on to give reviews herself.

Edition details

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1403384916
• ISBN 13: 9781403384911
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 492