Is Elly's love affair with a New York cocaine dealer too deep and dark to be broken - even by an old friend? When Marla responds to Elly's call from America she finds herself ensnared in the twilight world of drug smuggling. Though she thinks she can see through the lies, Marla too begins to get sucked in, equally fascinated and repelled by Lenny, master of the cocaine circuit. In the end, who is she most frightened of - the drug or her 'golden boy' Lenny? Obsession, betrayal and revenge twist into an ever-tightening knot in this tense psychological tale.
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Ekes out the tension ... increasingly thrilling as the pages fly by. (Sunday Times )
Truly breathtaking. (New York Times )
Sarah Dunant's thriller is atmospheric and her prose is sharp (Daily Telegraph )
Reminded me of Patricia Highsmith at her best (Paul Theroux )
Truly breathtaking. (New York Times )
Sarah Dunant's thriller is atmospheric and her prose is sharp (Daily Telegraph )
Reminded me of Patricia Highsmith at her best (Paul Theroux )
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In a place where lies ring true and truth sounds like lies - whose seductive tale can you believe? From the bestselling author of The Birth of Venus, Sarah Dunant's first thriller is as fresh as if it had been written today.
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36 of 42 people found the following review helpful
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This is another intelligent thriller from Sarah Dunant, very much in the Transgressions league. It's also a thought-provoking insight into female friendship, female self-image and why women ally themselves with relentlessly unsuitable men.
Very good - heavier than Dunant's earlier (and much much missed - PLEASE reprint them!) series of Hannah Wolfe detective novels but no less well written and finely plotted.
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By David Arden
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A total surprise after The Birth of Venus. Completly differnt genre but equally beautifull written. A thought provoking book that I would recommend.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I highly recommend this tense, intelligent thriller which explores the nature of relationships between several key characters, while delivering a compelling story centred around the cocaine trade. Narrated by complex, emotionally self-contained Marla, through whose eyes the story is filtered (she is not unreliable, exactly, but she is certainly not unbiased; her account should be considered in light of her personality trains, secrets and obessions that come to light as the story progresses), the plot unravels gradually without recourse to obvious twists or cheap thrills. The ending is intriguing: simultaneously fixed and open to interpretation. There are few 'black & white' certainties in this novel, simply interpretations. My only small criticism is that while this was, for me, a page-turner, read in a matter of days, arguably there was scope to ratchet up the tension a little further in places. Excellent writing from Sarah Dunant, however; her characterisation is thoughtful and intricate, her heroines always a little unusual. I look forward to reading Transgressions next.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Quite good
Not as good as some of her other books but very readable and she is a very good story teller
Published 4 months ago by granny
5.0 out of 5 stars
Difficult to put down - excellent!
Sarah Dunant has to be one of my favourite authors - and this book certainly lived up to her standards.
Elly and Marla have been friends for 18 years. Read more
Elly and Marla have been friends for 18 years. Read more
Published on 24 Feb 2011 by SusieH
4.0 out of 5 stars
Well plotted escapist novel
I really enjoyed this, although not as much as "Transgressions" - my favourite of SDs novels. It's written in the late eighties, and it's fascinating how much the internet - and... Read more
Published on 2 Aug 2009 by Daisy Roots
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