Este autor explora intrincadas relaciones humanas y dilemas morales con una perspicacia penetrante. Su destreza estilística y profundidad en la caracterización lo convierten en un narrador único. Las obras a menudo abordan temas de identidad, culpa y la búsqueda de sentido en el mundo moderno. Su escritura desafía a los lectores a reflexionar sobre su propio lugar en la sociedad y las complejidades de la naturaleza humana.
Longrigg is a real discovery.' New StatesmanSurrounded by photographs, Major Desmond Cook exists quietly and alcoholically in his Baker Street flat. His days are spent at race meetings, fuelled by a dream of winning GBP30,000. But one day, an Irishman tips him a rank outsider for the fourth race at Ascot.
This is a novel of obsession and revenge. Helena is divorced from her husband, who is a prominent conductor. Angela Turner marries Kit, who is Helena’s son, and is then drawn into a web of lies and deceit which is the hallmark of Kit’s existence as he has been leading a grotesque double life. Disaster follows and Angela finds herself in truly horrific circumstances. Helena now realises the extent of Kit’s betrayal and the powerful combined rage of abandoned wife and neglected mother is unleashed. This is a wholly convincing suspense novel that was a highly acclaimed bestseller when first published.
