A Likeness in Stone - Couverture rigide

Martin, J. Wallis

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0312186266 ISBN 13 : 9780312186265

Editeur : St Martins Pr, 1998

Synopsis

Book by Martin J Wallis

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

'Chilling first novel . . . absorbing and genuinely surprising'
Guardian

One of the best thrillers you'll read this year (Cosmopolitan)

Absorbing and genuinely surprising (Guardian)

'An absorbing, clammy novel full of moody frissons, desperate longings and the tragedy of lives gone wrong'
Marcel Berlins, The Times

Well written, intelligent and chilling (Manchester Evening News)

'A compelling psychological thriller with echoes of Barbara Vine and Minette Walters. Well written, intelligent and chilling, it demonstrates an unusual assurance in a first novel. Convincing on every level, this is a fascinating debut which delivers plenty and promises more'
Val McDermid, Manchester Evening News

'Gripping, occasionally ghoulish, psychological thriller . . . Cracking pace and cleverly plotted'
Daily Telegraph

A murky and compelling story

Adept at handling the drip-drip of information, it was smoothly, efficiently tricky (Daily Express)

'Complex and compelling. This is an unbelievably good debut novel'
Coventry Evening Telegraph

A compulsive story

'Full of dark suspense, a grippping psychological crime debut that cleverly combines the themes of guilt, love and betrayal with loyalty and cunning'
South Wales Argus
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A strong plot (Night & Day)

'Oxford whodunnits never seem to lose their cosily gruesome appeal, and Wallis Martin's first novel of high tables and mortuary slabs is no exception'
Independent

'Chilling, goulish and compulsively page-turning, this novel is exceptionally good for a debut offering'
Liverpool Echo

'A neatly-paced, cleverly constructed psychological thriller'
Choice

'A gripping and intelligently plotted thriller with a chilling and totally unexpected twist at the end'
Cambridge Evening News

'A sense of pure chill is conjured up at times and there are enough twists and turns in the plot to keep the reader guessing to the end. A confident and accomplished book that should see Ms Wallis Martin become a part of the crime and mystery establishment'
Doncaster Free Press

'An intense, exceptionally accomplished debut. Fans of Minette Walters' moody British puzzlers will find it irresistible'
Kirkus Reviews

'Occupies Barbara Vine territory in that it is a tense psychological thriller where the deeply buried past erupts from its watery grave and and threatens to destroy the present. What sets it apart is Martin's narrative voice, which is both more intimate and more oblique than Vine's'
Val McDermid, The Times

Biographie de l'auteur :

J Wallis Martin was born in Sussex. She was formerly a commissioning editor with Hodder & Stoughton (South Africa). Her previous novels have been published to international acclaim and have been adapted for the screen. She now lives in Southern Ireland.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: St Martins Pr
• Date d'édition: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0312186266
• ISBN 13: 9780312186265
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 280