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Cry from the Dark, A: A Novel of Suspense (Barnard, Robert) (Hardcover)

by Robert Barnard (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: James Bennett Pty Ltd; 1st Scrib. edition (16 Feb 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0743253450
  • ISBN-13: 978-0743253451
  • Product Dimensions: 22.3 x 14.7 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,989,018 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Laughable solution., 12 Dec 2005
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Thoroughly unconvincing. Barnard's lit. criticism is much better than his crime books.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Not the Author's Best, 17 Aug 2007
By J. Chippindale (England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Cry from the Dark (Paperback)

Robert Barnard, currently lives with his wife in Yorkshire. He was born in Essex on 23 November, 1936. Educated at the Royal Grammar School in Colchester and at Balliol College, Oxford, taking his Ph.D. from the University of Bergen, Norway, in 1972, he spent many years as a distinguished academic while establishing himself as one of today's most distinguished crime writers. His fascination with the pure detective story is evident in his many novels.

This is crime writing at a slower pace, but none the worse for that. Robert Barnard books are slower paced than a lot of modern day crime writer's but they are interesting and easy reading and I find them very enjoyable.

This story is about Bettina Whitelaw, a grand dame of the English literary scene. Now almost eighty and living an extremely comfortable existence in Holland Park, Bettina's life is not dissimilar to that of many of her wealthy neighbors. But it wasn't always like that. She had come from humbled beginning in a small town in the Australian outback. Not until she was sisteen did she manage to escape the hardship and poverty and begin her literary career in Europe.

Now more than sixty years on images from her childhood begin to resurface and when her former housekeeper is violently attacked, Bettina realises that she, herself is in serious danger, a danger that has its roots in a small Australian outback town.
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1.0 out of 5 stars What A Bore., 12 Mar 2005
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This review is from: A Cry from the Dark (Paperback)
A very disappointing book.Very pretentious and not up to the standard one has come to expect from Robert Barnard. It is difficult to believe that this boring novel was written by the author of the highley entertaining `Little Victims`.
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