- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd; 1st edition edition (30 Mar 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0684820862
- ISBN-13: 978-0684820866
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 12.4 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,912,724 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A respectable middle-aged couple have been stabbed to death in a small, rural village. Alison, a young local reporter, is covering the murders, but when the couple's teenage daughter confesses to the deed, the story becomes a "why dunnit" rather than a "who dunnit".
About the Author
Louise Doughty is the author of five novels, CRAZY PAVING, DANCE WITH ME, HONEY-DEW, FIRES IN THE DARK and STONE CRADLE. CRAZY PAVING was shortlisted for four awards including the John Llewelyn Rhys Prize and FIRES IN THE DARK won awards from the Arts Council of England and the K.Blundell Trust. She is also a recipient of an Ian St. James prize and a Radio Times Drama Award. She has written five plays for radio and worked widely as a journalist and broadcaster in London, where she lives.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a deftly handled murder story that eschews all the usual nonsense that often pushes this kind of subject matter into cliché and parody.
Only 170 pages long, Honey-dew certainly has flesh on its bones but not a single ounce of flab; if only more novelists could resist excess as well as Doughty does! Past and present are well balanced and we find out what we need to about the characters without being bribed into feeling too much sympathy for them; no-one is particulary likeable, but no-one is competely dislikeable.
Threaded through with a knowing streak of dark humour this novel is a rare thing -it leaves you wanting to know more.
Only 170 pages long, Honey-dew certainly has flesh on its bones but not a single ounce of flab; if only more novelists could resist excess as well as Doughty does! Past and present are well balanced and we find out what we need to about the characters without being bribed into feeling too much sympathy for them; no-one is particulary likeable, but no-one is competely dislikeable.
Threaded through with a knowing streak of dark humour this novel is a rare thing -it leaves you wanting to know more.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Good atmosphere, Doughty gets inside the heads of various self-absorbed women, including the teenager at the heart of the mystery. I enjoyed it whilst reading it, but although I only finished it two days ago, much has already evaporated, hence only 3 crowns. Books like this should stay with you and make you think. Also, I could find no reason in the text for the title. Worth reading but not as substantial as the subject matter might suggest.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is quite a short book but I still finished it in record time as you just want to find out more about the characters, and it is an easy read. I'm not quite sure what I expected from this book after reading the cover but didn't expect it to be such a dark tale, because dark it is; while there are streaks of black humour in it, it can be pretty depressing. About 3/4 through the book, Alison does something (or intends to do something) which makes you dislike her, and after that I didn't really care for what happened her that much.
The reason I only gave this three stars is that it becomes quite obvious from early on who killed the Cowpers, and because it is a very dark book, which I didn't really expect it to be. But I would still recommend it as a quick in-between other books read.
The reason I only gave this three stars is that it becomes quite obvious from early on who killed the Cowpers, and because it is a very dark book, which I didn't really expect it to be. But I would still recommend it as a quick in-between other books read.
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