The Sundial (Eurocrime) - Softcover

Horn, Michiel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1900850885 ISBN 13: 9781900850889

Publisher: Arcadia Books, 2004

Synopsis

The Sundial opens with Leonie Kuyper attending the funeral of her best friend Roos Berczy. She has always felt a little overshadowed by her friend's glamorous looks and succesful career so when she discovers she is the sole heir to Roos's estate Leonie, an impoverished translator, cannot refuse. Leonie gradually begins to assume Roos's identity, and as questions arise about her friend's past, her curiosity becomes piqued. Leonie's investigations soon unearth certain suspicious circumstances surrounding Roos's death and the culprit, alarmed by this, springs into action.

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Review:

""An extremely well-written suspense." --Playboy

Synopsis:

The Sundial opens with Leonie Kuyper attending the funeral of her best friend Roos Berczy, who has seemingly died of sunstroke. Leonie has always felt somewhat overshadowed by Roos, who was striking looking and a brilliant pharmacological research assistant to boot. She turns out to have made Leonie her sole heir, provided that she moves into Roos' apartment and cares for her cats. For Leonie, an impoverished translator, it is an offer she cannot refuse and she becomes the owner of a beautiful apartment, a large portfolio of common stocks, and an expensive wardrobe. Gradually Leonie assumes Roos' identity. By wearing her clothes and make-up, she begins to resemble her deceased friend and, as a result, Roos' past starts to crowd in on her. Was Roos a chemist involved in the manufacture of Ecstasy? But Leonie is also confronted with the possibility that Roos had information about the falsification of research findings and might have been murdered by a colleague. And then there's the riddle of exactly how Roos died. In the meantime the murderer, alarmed by Leonie's detective work, swings into action - and a startling denouement follows. The Sundial is ingenious and totally absorbing.

Maarten 't Hart's novels sell in their hundreds of thousands in his native Holland, where he has gained something of a reputation as a cross-dresser, often appearing on chat shows dressed as his alter ego 'Martha'. 't Hart is the author of over ten novels, and his work has been widely translated. His interest in rats led to 't Hart assisting director Werner Herzog in his well-known film Nosferatu.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arcadia Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1900850885
• ISBN 13: 9781900850889
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288