- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Pocket Books; New edition edition (1 July 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 067103765X
- ISBN-13: 978-0671037659
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 11 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 686,437 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Out of the Dark, the fourth novel in Natasha Cooper's increasingly popular Trish Maguire series, has already been optioned for television and proves a touching and gripping yarn.
Just as an eight-year-old runaway boy comes running out of the dark to seek the help of barrister Trish Maguire, a car brutally knocks him over. As the casualty team fight to save his life they discover Trish's name and address sewn into his clothes and suspect he might be her son. But she knows he can't be. Recovering from a miscarriage the last thing she needs is to be responsible for a lost boy. The search for the boy's identity will take her into the darkest of ghettos where she witnesses the reality of poverty and despair. The gulfs between rich and poor and the grey line between justice and evil is a murky area that Trish has to confront in her quest for the truth. Realistic and pitiless in its description of contemporary illness, this is a major achievement. --Maxim Jakubowski --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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The fourth in Natasha Cooper's Trish Maguire series, OUT OF THE DARK is a touching and gripping novel in the bestselling tradition of Frances Fyfield. An eight-year-old boy comes running out of the dark to find barrister Trish Maguire one wet Sunday night. Just before he can get to her, he's knocked over by a skidding car. Fighting to save his life, the casualty team find Trish's name and address sewn into his clothes. The police are convinced that he looks like her and must be her son. Only Trish knows he can't be. Recovering from a miscarriage, about to go to court with a career-changing commercial case, missing her partner, George, who is 5000 miles away, the last thing Trish wants is responsibility for a lost boy. But there is no one else. Her search for his identity takes her to a brutal inner-city housing estate, where she has to confront not only the reality of life for people whose Giros cannot be made to last the week, but also many of her own fears. News of a particularly brutal murder reaches her only hours before she learns that her erratic father is the chief suspect. It will take all her resolution and integrity to pick her way through the maze. The gulfs between rich and poor, between the heroically honest and those for whom life and the law are always negotiable, rip off the last of Trish's self-protective blinkers. There are choices to be made and lives to be saved.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
When a young boy is run over outside her flat, Trish Maguire accompanies the victim and the distraught driver to the hospital. Enquiring about the boy's condition, Trish is told that he had her name and address sewn into the seam of his fleece. 'And he looks just like you?'
For Trish trying to come to terms with some emotional problems, coping with a major commercial case at work, where she is acting as junior to her head of chambers , this is one problem too many.
Struggling to accept that this boy must be in someway related to her, Trish starts to investigate the years between her father leaving her mother when she was a child, and coming back into her life. Here she meets strong resistance from her father to discuss previous relationships, but as the child, it seems will only talk to her, she feels compelled to establish if he is related to her. This decision puts her onto a dangerous path as her investigations lead her closer to the boy's mother. As she grapples with the family situation her loyalties are also tested at work where she is confronted with a dilemma that may prejudice her client's position and indeed her own.
In this the fourth book in the series Trish is beset by both personal and moral quandaries, and Natasha Cooper does a skilful job in providing an absorbing mystery, whilst exploring the complexities of both personal and working relationships. Although, dealing with serious issues, there were flashes of humour in the book, providing an excellent balance that enhances the readers enjoyment.
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Lizzie Hayes
The earlier books in the series are Creeping Ivy, Fault Lines and Prey to All.
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Trish Maguire is not your run-of-the-mill hard-nosed barrister, but nor is she shaping up to be the trendy lefty of her chambers either. In this, the most recent of Natasha Cooper's engaging series, Trish faces a twisting spiral of personal and professional dilemmas that see her growing on both fronts. Personally, she starts as a resolute committment-phobe and ends up positiively settled (for her). In her professional life, it was just beautiful to see her making the decision that made sense, not cleaving to stereotype. This is an engaging, literate crime novel from one of the new breed of mystery writers where the characters matter far more than the plot - though there's more than enough of that to keep you turning the page.
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Certainly not dark
21 Oct 2011
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is the 4th book in the Trish Maguire series. I found this to be a very warm and loving story about a very sad situaion. It grabs you from the very start and doesn't let go. Trish as a barrister takes you into the legal system as it relates to children. A very good read. Natasha Cooper scores again with one of her characters. Very enjoyable
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