Simeon's Bride by Alison G Taylor
Here is a remarkable debut. A novel of power and intensity - intricately woven, beautifully written and deeply convincing. This is P.D. James country but utterly original. Alison Taylor has a rare talent. A woman, little more than a skeleton, is found hanging in dense woodland outside Bangor, hands bound behind her back. Detective Chief Inspector Michael McKenna and his colleagues, seeking her identity and her killer, become enmeshed in deceit and half-truths, chasing shadows, scratching the poverty-stricken underbelly of life in an area of spectacular beauty, pursued by the malice of women, McKenna's bored and resentful wife wreaking her own havoc. Jamie Thief, amoral and vicious, a scavenger of human misery, is found with the dead woman's car, and goes into hiding. His death shreds the ugly tapestry of greed and perversion shrouding the woman in the woods, illuminating the darkness of a marriage gone wrong and its tragic consequences. Chief Inspector McKenna investigates the death of a woman found hanging in the woods. The death of the man found with her car illuminates the darkness of a marriage gone wrong and its tragic consequences, while McKenna's wife wreaks her own havoc.
Born into an Anglo-Welsh family, and brought up in rural Cheshire and Derbyshire, Alison Taylor studied architecture before commencing a career in social work and probation. She has been instrumental in exposing the abuse of children in care, and has written a number of papers on childcare and ethics. Resident for many years in North Wales, she is married with two children. Her interests include classical and Baroque music, art and riding. She is currently working on a second novel and researching a biographical study of Beethoven.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780709056737 |
| ISBN 10 | 0709056737 |
| Title | Simeon's Bride |
| Author | Alison G Taylor |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding type | Hardback |
| Publisher | The Crowood Press Ltd |
| Year published | 1995-07-31 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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