The Visit - Couverture souple

Cochran, Beverly

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1411663616 ISBN 13 : 9781411663619

Editeur : Lulu Press, Inc., 2005

Synopsis

A story about a contemporary north eastern seaside Scottish village where the unexpected disappearance of a local man causes many upheavals amongst the villagers, their neighbours and their visitors. Finally Inspector Sim who worked out what Mary Ruth had been up to in The Housekeeper puzzles out what happened to the local hero.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Beverly Cochran was born in Liverpool and educated at Manchester University. She worked in Chicago, Salford and London in publishing and teaching. Head hunted from Pimlico to Peterhead to be the first woman teacher in Scottish prison, she adapted to life within the walls of the maximum security prison. Here she learned to understand the Glassgow patter. At the same time in the fishing town she learned the local Doric speech. She wrote a book about her Inside Job which was highly praised by Lord Longford. She then married a solicitor who was the laird Balfour, a small estate in royal Deeside another world altogether and became a full time writer while raising five step children and a baby son of her own. Her first novel The Housekeeper was successful and she cooperated with her brother in turning it into a film script. Beverly Cochran is an extraordinary story teller who mixes singular life experience with a potent imagination and a wry sense of humor. People who meet her never forget her.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lulu Press, Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1411663616
• ISBN 13: 9781411663619
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 276
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: HACHETTE LIVRE SA; https://www.hachette.fr/; ; 1 AVENUE GUTENBERG; MAUREPAS CEDEX; 78319; France