Sleeping Cruelty

by Lynda La Plante (Author)

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  2001

  $3.28

  Fabulously wealthy entrepreneur Sir William Benedict has always dreamed of being accepted amongst society's elite, despite his working class roots. When fast-rising Tory MP Andrew Maynard enters his life, William suddenly finds that he has gained the social status that he has always craved. But when a political scandal erupts around him, William is shunned by the socialites he once called friends, and his reputation is left in tatters. Now the worm is ready to turn . . .With the help of the wild and enigmatic Justin Chalmers and his exquisite yet reclusive sister Laura, William's island paradise will become the scene of his revenge.

  'No one does this kind of brisk thriller better' Eve

  'It takes real skill to produce popular writing such as this' Crime Time

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  Paperback
  2000

  $3.28

  A brilliant novel of escapism set in the hot world of sex, politics and an amazing island in the CaribbeanSir William Benedict is sumptuously wealthy, his pride and joy ownership of the Caribbean Island of St Martina. He is courted and adored by the rich, famous and royal. But when politician Andrew Maynard - into whose campaign Sir William is is pouring millions - commits suicide on the eve of the election, Fielding's reputation is in ruins. Overnight he turns from respected entrepreneur to social outcast, with the press desperate to link him to the Maynard scandal. How he faces the enemy, once his circle of friends, head on and takes ultimate revenge on those all too ready to discard him is the compelling storyline of Lynda La Plante's dramatic new novel.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2000

  $3.28

  Sir William Benedict is sumptuously wealthy, his pride and joy ownership of the Caribbean Island of St Martina. He is courted and adored by the rich, famous and royal. But when politician Andrew Maynard - into whose campaign Sir William is is pouring millions - commits suicide on the eve of the election, Fielding's reputation is in ruins. Overnight he turns from respected entrepreneur to social outcast, with the press desperate to link him to the Maynard scandal. How he faces the enemy, once his circle of friends, head on and takes ultimate revenge on those all too ready to discard him is the compelling storyline of Lynda La Plante's dramatic new novel.