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Middle-aged and middle-class, clean-living Isabel Vernon's world is turned upside down by the arrival of her not-so-clean-living, long-lost goddaughter, Emily Frost. Overweight and shaven-haired, Emily, who was arrested after a scuffle with police on the site of an anti-road protest camp, swaps her unconventional tree-house for the conventional, highly sanitized commuter belt des res of Isabel and husband Douglas, an emotionally clipped civil servant with a penchant for pergolas and similar, carefully structured, garden features. Living with the Vernons as a condition of bail turns out to be the best thing that has happened to Emily for some time and she soon warms to her clean, comfortable home and temporary job as a nanny/housekeeper. Douglas, however, is less impressed and, before long, even his cynical suspicions are far surpassed by reality.
Margaret Yorke, a past chairman of the Crime Writers' Association, with an impressive string of more than 40 novels to her name, has produced a traditional murder mystery against a topical, contemporary backdrop. Her easy style and descriptive narrative of the ordinary folk of Middle England belie her considerable skill at spinning a complex plot, where both heroines and villains turn out to have far more to them than originally meets the eye. --Carey Green --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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`Yorke has an extraordinary feel for the passions that lurk beneath unremarkable facades'
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I enjoyed this book. I did not expect the twist in store in the book about the god daughter.
I have read a few of Margaret Yorke's good and was not disappointed with this one. I enjoy the descriptions of life in the Middle England villages as much as anything.
I have read a few of Margaret Yorke's good and was not disappointed with this one. I enjoy the descriptions of life in the Middle England villages as much as anything.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Another Winner from Ms. Yorke!
14 May 1999
Format:Hardcover
This is a very British novel along the lines of Ruth Rendell (but not as intense!) and is rather typical of Ms. Yorke, whose work I feel is sadly overlooked. Her novels are wonderfully descriptive of the modern day life of genteel, intelligent middleaged women who find themselves in dangerous/mysterious situations. This novel's heroine is a goodhearted independent lady in a blah marriage who takes the big step of bringing a girl she believes to be her godchild into her home. The girl goes to work as a nanny for a neighboring family and a kidnapping plot unfolds. Smart, amusing, clever, sad, suspenseful as all of Ms. Yorke's novels are. Detailed portrait of modern day English lives. I highly recommend it, and all of the author's wonderful novels.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
An excellent portrayal of the menace in our everyday life.
7 Jan 1999
Format:Hardcover
Margaret Yorke captures the desperation of the unhappy housewife and the lonely and abused teen. She seems to be a master of making the reader feel empathetic toward her characters. The evil in the character of Godfrey added the touch of menace that makes for a good read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
False Pretenses
3 Feb 2010
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Margaret Yorke is a world unto herself. Her mysteries are tight, detailed, interesting and always contain a twist.
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