Twelve hours after a woman's broken body is washed up on a deserted shore on the south coast of England, her traumatised three-year-old daughter is discovered twenty miles away walking the streets of Poole, alone and apparently abandoned. Why was Kate Sumner killed and her daughter, a witness, allowed to live? More curiously, why had Kate willingly boarded a boat when she had a terror of drowning at sea? Police suspicion centres on a young actor, a loner with an obsession for pornography who lies about his relationship ...
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Twelve hours after a woman's broken body is washed up on a deserted shore on the south coast of England, her traumatised three-year-old daughter is discovered twenty miles away walking the streets of Poole, alone and apparently abandoned. Why was Kate Sumner killed and her daughter, a witness, allowed to live? More curiously, why had Kate willingly boarded a boat when she had a terror of drowning at sea? Police suspicion centres on a young actor, a loner with an obsession for pornography who lies about his relationship with Kate, and whose sailing boat is moored just yards away from where the toddler is found. As the investigation proceeds, attention shifts inexorably towards the murdered woman's husband. Was he really in Liverpool the night she died? And is Kate the 'respectable woman' he claims her to be? And why does their daughter scream every time he tries to pick her up? With her first five novels, Minette Walters has established herself as one of the most exciting crime fiction writers today. The Ice House (1991) was her debut mystery thriller, followed by The Sculptress (1993), The Scold's Bridle (1994), The Dark Room (
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 1st Printing. First edition/First printing published by Macmillan, London 1998. Near fine clean condition. No marks or inscriptions. DJ not price clipped.
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1998. Macmillan. First. Mint. dj-fine. 9.5x6. 356pp. 680g. [OBB] 12 hours after a woman's broken body is washed up on a deserted shore on the south coast of England, her traumatised 3 year old daughter is discovered 20 miles away walking the streets of Poole, along and apparently abandoned. Why was Kate murdered, and her daughter, a witness, allowed to live? There are two suspects, a young actor, then Kate's husband, who was supposed to have been in Liverpool on the night of the murder. Why does their daughter scream hysterically when he tries to pick her up?
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
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