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Following the success of Dead Clever, this is Scarlett Thomas's second "Lily Pascale" story: a fast-paced murder mystery in the tradition of the amateur female sleuth (Lily is a lecturer in crime fiction at a University somewhere in Devon). Keenly aware of its own fictional conventions-- Lily is a reader, a woman who knows her debt to Edgar Allan Poe and Miss Marple--In Your Face plays suspense against cliché: the worlds of academia, journalism and profiling collide when, after receiving a troubled 'phone call from an old University friend (Jess), Lily becomes embroiled in solving the murder of three young women. An unsuccessful hack, Jess has just published an article on the women--all victims of stalking--for a gossip magazine. On the morning of publication, all three are murdered, Jess disappears and Lily goes to London, a somewhat casual but compulsive detective. Presenting itself as a puzzle--from the Prologue, in which two boys and girl are discovered having sex in a posh boarding-school, to the killer's narrative spliced with Lily's account of her various London adventures--In Your Face is dead clever: a pleasant piece of escapism, unashamed of its conventions or of the odd surprise. --Vicky Lebeau --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Review from Company Magazine, June 1999
'Lily's life is murder - she lectures on crime novels, and has also solved a genuine case. Then a journalist (and ex-mate) phones for help - the girls in her 'My Stalking Hell' article are dead. Lily investigates - then the icky stuff starts. Page turner ? That's an understatement.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Following the success of Dead Clever, this is Scarlett Thomas's second "Lily Pascale" story: a fast-paced murder mystery in the tradition of the amateur female sleuth (Lily is a lecturer in crime fiction at a University somewhere in Devon). Keenly aware of its own fictional conventions-- Lily is a reader, a woman who knows her debt to Edgar Allan Poe and Miss Marple--In Your Face plays suspense against cliché: the worlds of academia, journalism and profiling collide when, after receiving a troubled 'phone call from an old University friend (Jess), Lily becomes embroiled in solving the murder of three young women. An unsuccessful hack, Jess has just published an article on the women--all victims of stalking--for a gossip magazine. On the morning of publication, all three are murdered, Jess disappears and Lily goes to London, a somewhat casual but compulsive detective. Presenting itself as a puzzle--from the Prologue, in which two boys and girl are discovered having sex in a posh boarding-school, to the killer's narrative spliced with Lily's account of her various London adventures--In Your Face is dead clever: a pleasant piece of escapism, unashamed of its conventions or of the odd surprise. --Vicky Lebeau --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From the Publisher
Review from Company Magazine, June 1999
'Lily's life is murder - she lectures on crime novels, and has also solved a genuine case. Then a journalist (and ex-mate) phones for help - the girls in her 'My Stalking Hell' article are dead. Lily investigates - then the icky stuff starts. Page turner ? That's an understatement.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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