Deze auteur verkent ingewikkelde menselijke relaties en morele dilemma's met indringend inzicht. Zijn stilistische vaardigheid en diepgang in karakteruitbeelding maken hem tot een uniek verteller. De werken raken vaak thema's als identiteit, schuld en de zoektocht naar betekenis in de moderne wereld. Zijn schrijven daagt lezers uit om na te denken over hun eigen plaats in de samenleving en de complexiteit van de menselijke natuur.
Longrigg is a real discovery.' New StatesmanSurrounded by photographs, Major Desmond Cook exists quietly and alcoholically in his Baker Street flat. His days are spent at race meetings, fuelled by a dream of winning GBP30,000. But one day, an Irishman tips him a rank outsider for the fourth race at Ascot.
This is a novel of obsession and revenge. Helena is divorced from her husband, who is a prominent conductor. Angela Turner marries Kit, who is Helena’s son, and is then drawn into a web of lies and deceit which is the hallmark of Kit’s existence as he has been leading a grotesque double life. Disaster follows and Angela finds herself in truly horrific circumstances. Helena now realises the extent of Kit’s betrayal and the powerful combined rage of abandoned wife and neglected mother is unleashed. This is a wholly convincing suspense novel that was a highly acclaimed bestseller when first published.
