The Gatecrasher - Couverture rigide

Wickham, Madeleine

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0312361270 ISBN 13 : 9780312361273

Editeur : Thomas Dunne Books, 2007

Synopsis

Book by Wickham Madeleine

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Fleur is beautiful but lazy and, at forty, spends her life looking for rich men who can provide her and her teenage daughter with a glamorous and effortless existence. A daily trawl through the court pages of The Times provides her with an unusual but fertile search area - the funerals and memorial services of the great and good, where gatecrashers are so much less noticeable than they would be at a wedding or a christening.

It is at one of these sad but oddly festive occasions that she meets Richard, dull but well-off, whose mousey wife has died after a lifetime of enjoyable ill-health.

Before long Fleur has become an integral part of Richard's life, offending his friends, interfering in his leisure pursuits (golf bores her, so why should he spend so much time on it?) and stirring up his grown-up children to behave badly.

Quatrième de couverture

Fleur Daxeny is beautiful, unscrupulous, and has a large wardrobe of black designer suits. With the help of The Times announcements page she gatecrashes the funerals and memorial services of the wealthy, preying on rich, vulnerable men. She charms her way into their lives and onto their platinum credit cards, takes what she can, and then moves swiftly on.

When Richard Favour, a dull but wealthy businessman, meets Fleur at his wife's memorial service, he's bowled over. Gradually Fleur works her spell on Richard's reserved and stilted family - transforming their lives while she moves in on their wealth. She finds herself lingering longer than she meant to, and becoming involved in the family - but as Fleur rifles through Richard's files, it becomes clear that she is not the only one after his money.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Thomas Dunne Books
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0312361270
• ISBN 13: 9780312361273
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 296