Michaels, Barbara:Into the Darkness
- Erstausgabe 2000, ISBN: 9780425128923
Taschenbuch, Gebundene Ausgabe
Stroud, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom: Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1996. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as published). 6.5" x 9.5. 128pp. Archive pictures show the town of Ipswich,… Mehr…
Stroud, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom: Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1996. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as published). 6.5" x 9.5. 128pp. Archive pictures show the town of Ipswich, England. In clean and sound condition. All orders processed and shipped promptly from the UK, usually within 24 hours. Please email with your questions. 6.5"x9.5"., Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1996, 3, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1979. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. 5.5" X 8.5. 272pp. Old Dunwich no longer exists. What was once one of the most prosperous ports in England can now only be seen as crumbling shapes under the sea. As the title suggests this is the incredible story of a vanished town. 1st US edition. A clean and sound book with some wear to the dust wrapper. Prompt dispatch from the UK. 5.5"x8.5, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1979, 2.5, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin Books. Very Good+. 1976. Reprint; Third Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Very light shelf wear, small old ink price to front endpaper. ; Cover drawing by Paul Hogarth. ISBN 0140039112. ; 268 pages; In a provincial Argentinian town the Honourary consul is kidnapped by mistake. A tragi-comedy. ., Penguin Books, 1976, 3, Knopf, 1995-Nov-15. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x1x9. 0679429891 Review Richard North Patterson frequently rejects the label "legal thriller" for his novels, and The Final Judgement works hard to transcend this limiting category. A cleverly assembled murder mystery told with rich prose ("Moonlight refracted on the still, obsidian waters of the lake and traced the pines and birches and elms surrounding it. The only sound Brett heard was the rise and fall of James's breathing.") and filled with a cast of quirky small-town New Englanders, the novel ultimately succeeds through Patterson's talents as a writer, not just as a plotter. As in many of Patterson's best novels, The Final Judgement draws on flashback sequences to ground the story and establish key characters. Forty-five-year-old Caroline Masters, a minor figure in Degree of Guilt and Eyes of a Child is the narrative center, and much of the suspense in the novel derives from the slow unwrapping of her past--the death of her mother and estrangement from her father. In the opening of the novel, Caroline is waiting for a message from the White House appointing her to the U.S. Court of Appeals, when, instead, her long-distant father gives her a call. Her niece has just been named the primary suspect in the murder of her boyfriend. The college-age Brett Allen was found naked, passed out from drugs and alcohol, with a knife in her hand, and covered in her boyfriend's blood. The family wants Caroline to return to New Hampshire to defend the girl. The perils that face Caroline multiply quickly. By taking the case, Caroline clearly jeopardizes her chances for the Court of Appeals appointment. And by returning home, she must inevitably face the accumulated memories and resentments of the New Hampshire crowd, including Caroline's high-school boyfriend who is the prosecuting attorney. But her niece's life is at stake. Ultimately, The Final Judgement is a tale of the deep and twisted history of a New England family, but it is told in a captivating style that is--despite Patterson's reservations about the rubric--"thrilling." --Patrick O'Kelley --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Publishers Weekly Patterson's previous bestsellers (Degree of Guilt and Eyes of a Child) were closely linked by shared characters, but his new thriller is tied to those two through only a tenuous bond?its heroine, Caroline Masters, who was the judge in Degree. Here, the reader meets Caroline as a candidate for the U.S. Court of Appeals, and as a determined woman who seems to have left sentiment, and her New Hampshire patriarch of a father, far in her past. But when her niece, Brett, is arrested for the murder of her slippery boyfriend, Caroline?despite the risk to her own career?is drawn by the young woman's plight into acting as her defense counsel. This task is made no easier by the fact that the prosecutor in the case was once Caroline's lover, and still yearns for her. At first, Brett's case looks hopeless?the killing was committed in the woods at night when she was drunk and disoriented, and there is no evidence that anyone else was there. But as Caroline focuses on a shifty state witness and rough-and-ready police procedures, promise for a lesser verdict than murder begins to glimmer. While Patterson excels at writing courtroom scenes, at the center of this novel lies not legal melodrama but the burden of Caroline's past and the reasons she has chosen to escape it. All in all, it's a somber, skillfully plotted performance with plenty of genuine surprises (though not in the identity of the killer), and with characters more substantive than those in Patterson's previous, California-based outings. 250,000 first printing; Literary Guild main selection. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc., Knopf, 1995-Nov-15, 3, Ballantine Books, 2000. Trade paperback. Good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 304 p. Audience: General/trade. Detailed item info Synopsis Jo Becker, a happily married middle-aged woman, finds virtually every aspect of her stability threatened when an old friend named Eli Mayhew comes to town. Eli reminds Jo of her life as a counterculture free spirit in the '60s, when the murder of her best friend--still unsolved--shattered Jo's life. Now, 30 years later, Jo finds that old issues remain, and she must make decisions that will affect not only herself but her family. Key Details Author: Sue Miller Language: English Publisher: Ballantine Books Series: Ballantine Reader's Circle Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 0345435001 ISBN-13: 9780345435002 Size Length: 265 pages Thickness: 0.5 in Weight: 9.6 oz Publisher's Note Having moved on with her life after a friend was brutally murdered, Jo Becker is now married with a grown family, but when an old housemate moves into the neighborhood, Jo rekindles a relationship that takes her back to the past and threatens her future. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. Industry Reviews "[R]ichly detailed, ambiguous....Guilt and retribution, Miller's familiar themes, are the story's fault lines, and yet Jo's self-absorption makes its outcome less engrossing than it might be. New Yorker (03/22/1999) "'While I Was Gone'...gives Miller the chance to limn a '60s youth, an initially contented marriage and, eventually, a marriage struggling to regain its balance. She handles all three areas with masterly skill. It's just the connective tissue that feels contrived, in part because of weak plotting and in part because Eli, foggily characterized in both his past and his present incarnations, remains an ungraspable character." Salon-Beth W. Singer (02/03/1999), Ballantine Books, 2000, 2.5, Berkley Publishing Group, 1996. Very Good. A romantic contemporary mystery that will keep readers guessing until the v ery end. Upon the death of her grandfather, Meg Venturi finds herself part owner of an antique jewelry store. The local townspeople of Seldon, a small New England town, cannot understand why her grandfather would leave the ot her half of his store to Riley, a stranger with an unknown past. While the grandfather's estate is being settled, a series of mysterious events occur that lead to revelations of infidelity and murder. Throughout the story, th ere are tantalizing hints that spur readers on, and the book ends with a to tally unexpected twist., Berkley Publishing Group, 1996, 3<
