Imperfect Strangers - Hardcover

WOODS, STUART

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060177756 ISBN 13: 9780060177751

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1994

Synopsis

Watching "Strangers on a Train" on his flight to New York, Sandy and the stranger sitting next to him discuss how they could successfully murder the "inconvenient" people in their lives. By the time the plane has landed, Sandy has set in motion a course of action that will change his life forever.

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Review:

"Engages the reader's imagination in an unconventional way. Compels us to place the novel's events on the silver screen in the shadow of a latter-day Hitchcock, and somehow, it works." -- "Chicago Sun-Times" "Woods does show a reader a good time." -- "Washington Post Book World""Engages the reader's imagination in an unconventional way. Compels us to place the novel's events on the silver screen in the shadow of a latter-day Hitchcock, and somehow, it works." -- "Chicago Sun-Times"

From the Back Cover:

A MESMERISING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER OF GREED, LOVE, BETRAYAL AND DEATH

Sandy Kinsolving is on a flight from London to New York, unsure what awaits him at the other end. His father-in-law – also his boss – has suffered a massive stroke, and Sandy has no way of knowing if the old man's promises of a partnership in the family business have made it into his will.

At this vulnerable moment, he strikes up a conversation with the friendly stranger sitting next to him. After the in-flight movie, Hitchcock's 'Stranger on a Train', and a few too many drinks, the two men discover they have a mutual problem: difficult wives who control the purse strings. For fun, they decide to improve upon the film, and plot how they would rid their lives of complications.

By the time Sandy Kinsolving's plane has landed in New York his life has changed irrevocably, although he doesn't know it yet. Awaiting him are wealth, security and the freedom to pursue his life's ambitions. But lurking in the shadows are a brutal murder he cannot prevent, and a madman who stalks his every waking moment.

‘Stuart Woods is a slam-bang, no-nonsense storyteller who doesn't disappoint’
CHICAGO TRIBUNE

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0060177756
• ISBN 13: 9780060177751
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 269