- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Orion; New Ed edition (2 July 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752843281
- ISBN-13: 978-0752843285
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 653,324 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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When Dodie Blackstock, only child of multi-millionaire Wolf Blackstock, is told that her mother's body has been found in a housing estate in Hackney, she is shocked. When she is told that her mother, Susan, has been dead for less than 48 hours, she is devastated. For Susan was kidnapped, apparently by a politically motivated group, when Dodie was eight. Susan was never found, and she was presumed dead. Traumatised by her lonely childhood, Dodie has been estranged from her dysfunctional and complicated family for years. She returns to Camoys Hall, the Blackstocks' stately home, to talk to her stepmother Joan, who lives there by herself. But Dodie finds more than she bargained for - and then she starts to receive anonymous and threatening letters. Who is waiting in the darkness outside Camoys Hall, watching her every move . . . ?
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Laura Wilson was brought up in London and has degrees in English Literature from Somerville College, Oxford and UCL, London. She has worked briefly and ingloriously as a teacher, and more successfully as an editor of non-fiction books. She has written history books for children and is interested in history, particularly of the recent past, painting and sculpture, uninhabited buildings, underground structures, cemeteries and time capsules. She lives in Islington. Her first novel A LITTLE DEATH was shortlisted for both the CWA Ellis Peters and the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original. A THOUSAND LIES was shortlisted for the 2006 Duncan Lawrie Dagger. THE LOVER won the 2004 Prix du Polar Europeen for Best Crime Novel of the Year In Translation and was also shortlisted for the 2004 Gold Dagger and the Ellis Peters Award. In 2008, she won the Ellis Peters Award with her novel STRATTON'S WAR.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is a compelling read. Highly recommended.,
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This review is from: Dying Voices (Hardcover)
Dying Voices by Laura WilsonDodie, only daughter of multi-millionaire Wolf Blackstock, was only eight years old when her mother was kidnapped. Despite attempts by the family and police to get Susan back, no body was ever found. Since that time, Dodie has been estranged from her father, who has continued to live at the Blackstock's stately home Camoys Hall, with his second wife Joan. Following the death of her father, whilst Dodie, now twenty nine, is attempting to come to terms with the vast fortune left by her father, she is called to identify her mother's body, which has just been found. Her mother has been dead less than forty eighty hours!. Reeling from this shock, Dodie turns to Joan for answers, but cannot contact her. In desperation she telephones Des, a close friend of her father's, with whom she has also been estranged for some years, but to whom she now looks for answers. This is Laura Wilson's second book, and it is terrific. After her first book 'A Little Death' I couldn't imagine what she would come up with, but this is rich in subterfuge and to arrive at the truth Dodie must peel away layers of deceit. There was a point at which I put the book down and thought 'Who do I trust?, It must all be lies'. This is a compelling read. Highly recommended.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Dying Voices,
By Rich (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dying Voices (Paperback)
Dodie's mother was kidnapped in the 1970's. The ransom plan went wrong and now years later Dodie has to deal not only with what happened to her family, but also someone determined to end her life.
Overall, this is an excellent novel, primarily about a character coming to terms with their life and the actions of other people. I think where it falls down is the thriller aspect. The plot strand regarding the threat to Dodie's life in the present feels tacked on as if to provide a touch of melodrama to the climax. The book could work without this, as the main meat of the plot and the development of Dodie is strong enough to carry this book.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A truly compelling read,
By SuzieB "mex01" (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dying Voices (Paperback)
As an avid crime thriller fan it's very rare to stumble across a jewel such as this. Dying Voices blurs the line between truly well written fiction and page-turning thriller. The central character is truly three-dimensional and you very quickly find yourself inside her head, puzzling to make sense of her past. Laura Wilson is without doubt in a class of her own. And I should know, I've just purchased another of her novels!
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