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It's May Week in Cambridge, a time of wild excess following the end of exams. Private investigator Laura Principal is asked to provide security for the St John's College annual May Ball, but for Laura, the May Ball turns sour when Katie Arkwright, a student guest from Anglia University, disappears. In her white satin dress, and with her halo of blonde curls, Katie looked angelic, but Laura discovers that her past was anything but. Could Katie\'s earlier experiences in Cambridge be relevant and what really happened at the Dorics private dinner?
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About the Author:
Michelle Spring is Canadian by upbringing, and British by choice, having lived in Cambridge since the 1970s. She taught social science at university until the experience of being stalked by a student made her change course. Writing novels, she found, extinguished the nightmares - and crime fiction was the natural choice. Her six novels were originally published by Orion; they have been translated into many languages including French and German, and have
won international awards. Michelle is currently Royal Literary Fellow at Magdalene College, Cambridge, and mentors novelists through the Gold Dust Writers' Mentoring Scheme.
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won international awards. Michelle is currently Royal Literary Fellow at Magdalene College, Cambridge, and mentors novelists through the Gold Dust Writers' Mentoring Scheme.
ul emotional intensity . . . The book hits you where you live," raved the Washington Post Book World about Michelle Spring's Standing in the Shadows. The Los Angeles Times hailed it as "[a] suspenseful thriller . . . truly startling." Now Michelle Spring returns with a psychologically astute novel that unfolds against the stately backdrop of Cambridge, England.
But behind this refined university setting lies something truly sinister.
For private investigator Laura Principal, the case begins unexpectedly at the annual May Ball, a jubilant celebration marking the end of examinations, an avalanche of food and fountains of champagne. Laura is hired to provide security, but somewhere between the dancing and the fireworks, a student disappears.
Katie Arkwright wore white. Sleek, elegant, in silver armlets, she was a vision of purity. But when Laura starts probing into the missing woman's life, she finds that Katie concealed a dark side. With this jarring
But behind this refined university setting lies something truly sinister.
For private investigator Laura Principal, the case begins unexpectedly at the annual May Ball, a jubilant celebration marking the end of examinations, an avalanche of food and fountains of champagne. Laura is hired to provide security, but somewhere between the dancing and the fireworks, a student disappears.
Katie Arkwright wore white. Sleek, elegant, in silver armlets, she was a vision of purity. But when Laura starts probing into the missing woman's life, she finds that Katie concealed a dark side. With this jarring
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- PublisherOstara Publishing
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1906288496
- ISBN 13 9781906288495
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages242
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