Dying Voices

Dying Voices

by Laura Wilson (Author)

Synopsis

When Dodie Blackstock, only child of multi-millionaire Wolf Blackstock, is told that her mother's body has been found in a housing estate in Hackney, she is shocked. When she is told that her mother, Susan, has been dead for less than 48 hours, she is devastated. For Susan was kidnapped, apparently by a politically motivated group, when Dodie was eight. Susan was never found, and she was presumed dead. Traumatised by her lonely childhood, Dodie has been estranged from her dysfunctional and complicated family for years. She returns to Camoys Hall, the Blackstocks' stately home, to talk to her stepmother Joan, who lives there by herself. But Dodie finds more than she bargained for - and then she starts to receive anonymous and threatening letters. Who is waiting in the darkness outside Camoys Hall, watching her every move ...?

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Edition: 2
Publisher: Orion
Published: 02 Jul 2001

ISBN 10: 0752843281
ISBN 13: 9780752843285
Book Overview: A brilliant novel of psychological suspense in the bestselling tradition of Barbara Vine Reissued in the stunning new cover style behind her brand new hardback, THE LOVER Laura Wilson always gets top-notch reviews: 'High quality thrills ... at its scary best when concentrating on the sense of isolation felt and feared by the very rich ... A keen ear for idiom ... and a narrative relayed in the perfect pitch of a writer with pedigree goods to deliver' LITERARY REVIEW 'Like her stunning debut, A LITTLE DEATH, Laura Wilson's DYING VOICES takes the reader back and forth between a menacing present and a terrible past ... The writing is graceful and intelligent, all the characters are well presented and distinct and one puts the book down eager for the next' SUNDAY TIMES 'Meticulously knitting together the many strands of an absorbing plot, Wilson effortlessly moves into the exclusive Rendell, Walters and Fyfield club' GUARDIAN 'The writing is spare and without a wasted word. This book has real class' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

Author Bio
Laura Wilson was brought up in London and has degrees in English Literature from Somerville College, Oxford and UCL, London. She has worked briefly and ingloriously as a teacher, and more successfully as an editor of non-fiction books. She has written history books for children and is interested in history, particularly of the recent past, painting and sculpture, uninhabited buildings, underground structures, cemeteries and time capsules. She lives in Islington. Her first novel A LITTLE DEATH was shortlisted for both the CWA Ellis Peters and the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original. A THOUSAND LIES was shortlisted for the 2006 Duncan Lawrie Dagger. THE LOVER won the 2004 Prix du Polar Europeen for Best Crime Novel of the Year In Translation and was also shortlisted for the 2004 Gold Dagger and the Ellis Peters Award. In 2008, she won the Ellis Peters Award with her novel STRATTON'S WAR.