Margaret Yorke, Author . St. Martin's Minotaur $24.95 (326p) ISBN 978-0-312-28430-5
In another finely crafted psychological thriller from British author Yorke (The Price of Guilt, etc.), recently widowed Charlotte Frost has been unceremoniously plucked by her stepson, Felix, from the family estate of White Lodge and ensconced in a...
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Margaret Yorke, Author . St. Martin's Minotaur $24.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-312-30746-2
British author Yorke (A Case to Answer,
etc.), who's published a novel almost every year since 1957, offers another leisurely, psychological suspense thriller in which ordinary folks go about their business while danger hums quietly underneath.
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Margaret Yorke, Author Minotaur Books $24.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-312-25332-5
Soon after inheriting a house and starting a new life in the village of Croxbury, Louise Widdows reads an Anita Brookner novel: ""in elegant, measured prose the soul of a sad, solitary woman was skillfully exposed."" So might it be said of this...
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Margaret Yorke, Author Penguin Books $3.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0-14-012435-4
Teenage petty thief Denis teams up with Len, a villainous convict. When a robbery goes wrong--resulting in murder--there's little camaraderie among thieves. ``This is bona fide, edge-of-the-chair suspense,'' praised PW. (Sept.)
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Margaret Yorke, Author Viking Books $15.95 (239p) ISBN 978-0-670-81776-4
Yorke's new book equals the best of her nearly 30 well-crafted thrillers involving sudden disturbances in placid English towns. Flighty Thelma Hallows returns home to rural Milton St. Gabriel after her latest failed affair, bringing young Edward...
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Margaret Yorke, Author Viking Books $16.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-670-82403-8
Yorke invests her latest with the qualities that mark its 30 predecessors: well-defined characterizations and the ambience of British locales. If the author fails to succeed entirely here, she is nevertheless intriguing, creating a mystery about the
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Margaret Yorke, Author Viking Books $16.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0-670-82932-3
Creating believable characters worthy of interest, Yorke has long been a favorite among fans of the British mystery/thriller. In her latest, teenaged Denis, a petty thief, is hired as a part-time gardener by Yvonne and Charles Davis in a London...
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Margaret Yorke, Author Viking Books $16.95 (272p) ISBN 978-0-670-83224-8
Traditionally, a mystery's distinguishing feature is its plot. But in this novel by Yorke ( Summer Flight )--though nothing is what it seems, murder, rape and arson do occur--the gradual revelation of character is what holds the reader. The...
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Margaret Yorke, Author Penguin Books $4.95 (272p) ISBN 978-0-14-013158-1
Twelve years after 28-year-old Louise Vaughan disappears from the streets of her village, truths behind sundry human deceptions begin to come to light. ``This tightly crafted, wise little book is mainly, in the end, about people, some of whom . . ....
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Margaret Yorke, Author Penguin Books $4.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-14-015443-6
Veteran British mystery writer Yorke deftly explores the mind of a murderer convicted of rape. (Aug.)
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Margaret Yorke, Author Mysterious Press $17.95 (248p) ISBN 978-0-89296-499-4
Mrs. Newton, a widow, enjoys a quiet and determinedly tidy life in the picturesque English village of Middle Bardolph, but storms are brewing that seem likely to unsettle it. Geoffrey, her boring and not very pleasant son, thinks his mother should...
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Margaret Yorke, Author Mysterious Press $17.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-89296-500-7
In this quiet suspense thriller, Yorke ( Criminal Damage ) once again deftly explores the darker side of the lives of characters who, to all appearances, could be the folks next door. Walter Brown didn't begin to hit his wife Hermione until after...
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Margaret Yorke, Author Mysterious Press $18.95 (278p) ISBN 978-0-89296-582-3
Yorke (Criminal Damage) sure-handedly demonstrates her command of suspense writing in this thought-provoking tale-with-a-twist of a crime and its aftermath. Janet Jarvis was at a night school class when two thieves broke into her home in the English
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Margaret Yorke, Author Mysterious Press $21.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-89296-583-0
Fatherless boys-some of whom yield to bad company, others to good influence-give British writer Yorke's latest a strong emotional dimension. Self-reliant Mark lives with his unmarried mother; angry, thieving Steve with his widowed stepmother....
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Margaret Yorke, Author Mysterious Press $22.5 (282p) ISBN 978-0-89296-649-3
In her latest work of psychological suspense, Yorke lifts her keen gaze from the malfunctionings of such groups as family (Serious Intent) and neighborhood (Almost the Truth) to consider less closely connected characters who, by passing along to...
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Margaret Yorke, Author St. Martin's Press $22.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-312-18522-0
On a quiet evening in the quiet English town of Deerton, violence erupts when four boys invade the home of schoolmate Barry Noakes, where Barry and three other friends (Jamie, Peter and Greg ) are settling in for a night of videos and pizza. As the...
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