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Strange Children (Paperback)

by Kate Charles (Author)
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  • Paperback: 404 pages
  • Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks; New edition edition (6 April 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0751525421
  • ISBN-13: 978-0751525427
  • Product Dimensions: 17.7 x 11 x 2.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 518,029 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Tessa has but one dream in life: to be a homemaker. So, when Tessa's adored boyfriend, Ian, betrays her and marries Amanda, it's little wonder that vulnerable Tessa falls straight into the arms of Rob, who used to belong to Amanda.

While the warning bells might be ringing loudly for the reader by the end of the first chapter, Tessa is not a woman who dwells on the negative. She comes from a cold and motherless background and, as a result, is desperate for love and naïve to the realities of marriage.

In fact, Tessa has stumbled into a veritable mire of deception. Her attempts to make contact with her mother-in-law, Linda Nicholls, are thwarted when she is found murdered. Curiously, Rob is unable to grieve. It's only when Tessa probes Linda's history that she begins to realise the extraordinary nature of Rob's childhood. Aptly named, Strange Children is a gently-paced thriller, where a bizarre psychological condition challenges set, old-fashioned values.-- Elizabeth McGregor --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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'A bloodstained version of the world of Barbara Pym.' GUARDIAN 'The writing is elegant...to match the apparently normal little English town beneath which lurks the kind of emotion that stirred murder throughout the works of Agatha Christie.' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'The leisurely unravelling of the dark secrets of people passionately committed to keeping up appearances produces an intelligent and convincing story.' Val McDermid Tessa has but one dream in life: to be a homemaker. So, when Tessa's adored boyfriend, Ian, betrays her and marries Amanda, it's little wonder that vulnerable Tessa falls straight into the arms of Rob, who used to belong to Amanda. While the warning bells might be ringing loudly for the reader by the end of the first chapter, Tessa is not a woman who dwells on the negative. She comes from a cold and motherless background and, as a result, is desperate for love and naive to the realities of marriage. In fact, Tessa has stumbled into a veritable mire of deception. Her attempts to make contact with her mother-in-law, Linda Nicholls, are thwarted when she is found murdered. Curiously, Rob is unable to grieve. It's only when Tessa probes Linda's history that she begins to realise the extraordinary nature of Rob's childhood. Aptly named, Strange Children is a gently-paced thriller, where a bizarre psychological condition challenges set, old-fashioned values.' - Elizabeth McGregor, AMAZON.CO.UK REVIEW

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not a bad read., 24 Mar 2000
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This review is from: Strange Children (Hardcover)
I enjoyed this book. It had a good plot which moved along at an acceptable pace. It held my interest and I'll probably read another Kate Charles in the future.

On the negative side, I found the narrative a little twee for my liking. And nice though Tessa, the main character is, she struck me as being extraordinarily dim on some issues at times! She's kind of a young Miss Marple for the new Millenium!

However, I would recommend this book for anyone looking for a good, gentle, classic whodunnit.

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3.0 out of 5 stars A bit 2 dimensional, 21 Feb 2006
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I enjoyed the plot and wanted to find out what was going to happen although I could see most of it from quite a long way off. The language seemed a bit dated for the time in which it was set (1999) and the characters rather 2 dimensional and not particularly believable.
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