Cet auteur explore des relations humaines complexes et des dilemmatiques morales avec une perspicacité pénétrante. Sa dextérité stylistique et sa profondeur dans la caractérisation des personnages en font un conteur unique. Ses œuvres abordent souvent des thèmes tels que l'identité, la culpabilité et la quête de sens dans le monde moderne. Son écriture met au défi les lecteurs de réfléchir à leur propre place dans la société et aux complexités de la nature humaine.
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.
