Asta's Book [electronic resource] : Psychological Thriller
Barbara Vine2009
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Asta's Book is a classic double-detective story by crime master Barbara Vine
For a good, absorbing, well-told story, you could hardly better the unveiling of
Asta's secret' Sunday Times
It is 1905. Asta and her husband Rasmus have come to East London from Denmark
with their two little boys. With Rasmus constantly away on business, Asta keeps
loneliness and isolation at bay by writing a diary. These diaries, published
over seventy years later, reveal themselves to be more than a mere journal. For
they seem to hold the key to an unsolved murder and to the mystery of a missing
child. It falls to Asta's granddaughter Ann to unearth the buried secrets of
nearly a century before.
'A dazzling domestic thriller' Guardian
'Obsessively readable' Sunday Telegraph
'Engrossing . . . a mixture of biography, true crime and romance people with
vivid minor players and red with herrings' Independent on Sunday
'Absolutely enthralling ... the best yet from the Vine/Rendell bureau...
Main title:
Asta's Book [electronic resource] : Psychological Thriller / Barbara Vine
Author:
Barbara Vine, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Penguin, 2009
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (448 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780141042251
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
428860
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |