Margaret Yorke
Author
Language
English
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Description
A novel of subtle suspense and creeping tension, A Case to Answer is effortlessly crafted crime fiction, in which human weakness and vulnerability lead to secrets, lies and tragedy.
The day Jerry Hunt meets Charlotte Frost is the day he decides to abandon his rebellious, criminal ways. Despite the fact that Jerry's been to prison and has vowed never to return, he continues to run a successful scam with his friend Pete in which Jerry sweet-talks...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
William Adams is a killer who has never been convicted for murder. He has never confessed, even when convicted of rape and criminal assault. Now, having served his sentence in full, he is free, subject to no supervisory control. He has some money put way. He can assume a new identity and disappear. But Adams recognized someone from his past, someone also staying at the country town under as assumed name, someone who must have recognized him. Thus,...
Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
1977.
Language
English
Description
Norman Widnes was the kindest nurse his invalid wife could wish for, but Norman was so pleasant to everyone--a blameless shopkeeper in a quiet town. The murder of Emma Widnes shocked everyone, and soon skeletons could be heard rattling in the most unlikely cupboards.
12) False pretences
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
When a stranger is welcomed into a small British country town, she brings many of the community's long-buried secrets to the surface. But when a young girl is kidnapped, questions about the true identity of the stranger emerge.
16) Act of violence
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
An English police investigation into the killing of a man who was trying to break up a fight between boys. None of the participants is willing to rat on the killer. By the author of A Question of Belief.
17) Devil's work
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[1982]
Language
English
Description
Alan Parker, a married man, begins visiting the young, divorced Louise Waring and her seven-year-old daughter. A suspicious neighbor decides to protect the daughter from what she believes to be the mother's harlotry.