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The Birthday Present
By Barbara Vine
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Description
Tory MP Ivor Tesham has unconventional tastes. And in bored housewife Hebe Furnal he finds someone to share and enact his sexual fantasies. However one day it all goes terribly wrong. Ivor plans a special liaison for Hebe's birthday - a daring sexual adventure. But dangerous games have unforeseen costs and consequences. And when there is an accidental death scandal and ruin cannot be far behind . . .
How long can a secret stay a secret? How long will friends protect a reputation? And how long before guilt catches up with you?
'The pre-eminent genius of the psychological thriller' Herald
'Gripping compelling' Mail on Sunday
'Vintage Vine' Literary Review
If you like P.D. James Ian Rankin and Scott Turow you will love The Bithday Present by Barbara Vine. Barbara Vine is the pen-name of Ruth Rendell. She has written fifteen novels using this pseudonym including A Fatal Inversion and King Solomon's Carpet which both won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award. Her other books include: A Dark Adapted Eye; The House of Stairs; Gallowglass; Asta's Book; No Night Is Too Long; In the Time of His Prosperity; The Brimstone Wedding; The Chimney Sweeper's Boy; Grasshopper; The Blood Doctor; The Minotaur; The Birthday Present and The Child's Child.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
290
Release Date:
2009-04-02
Publication Date:
2009-04-02
Publisher:
Penguin
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0141040637
ISBN13:
9780141036212
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
348 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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Very good
Almost no signs of wear. Book pages have no markings, accessories are intact and all other media are in good condition.
€3,99