Paying the Price

Paying the Price

by JanieBolitho (Author)

Synopsis

A deathbed confession leads a vengeful daughter to adopt a new name and identity in order to destroy one innocent family. Julie Bowden, the illegitimate daughter of John Pearson, learns of her father's duplicity from her dying mother. It transpires that both women came second to John's legitimate family, and this fact is something Julie can neither forgive nor forget. Adopting a new name - Lorna Daniels - she sets out to wreak havoc on John Pearce's other family. Her first victim is the son, Robert, whom she seduces - only to dump on their wedding day. Having devastated him her attentions tum to Anna, his mother, targeting her with ever increasing acts of violence. As Julie slowly loses her grip on reality her crimes escalate out of control and very soon it becomes a race to find her and stop her - before murder becomes the final act in her personal vendetta.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Publisher: Constable
Published: 24 Jul 2003

ISBN 10: 1841196142
ISBN 13: 9781841196145

Media Reviews
- 'Perceptive economy and wry humour. The small town setting is traditional but the writer gives it fresh vitality.' - Financial Times - 'Strong on psychological analysis of characters... well written and tidily constructed. Congratulations are in order.' - Hampstead & Highgate Express
Author Bio
Janie Bolitho is the author of the Rose Trevelyan mystery series as well as the DCI Roper series (both published by Constable) and divides her time between Devon and Cornwall.