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Noose

Noose

James, Bill

Hardcover

Mystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction

Publisher Price: $34.99

ISBN10: 0727883186
ISBN13: 9780727883186
Publisher: Severn House
Published: Dec 1 2013
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.91 Width: 5.82 Depth: 8.74
Language: English
The past is an inescapable noose around a young man's neck, in this blackly comic, satirical novel from renowned crime writer Bill James

Britain, 1956. A young actress seemingly tries to commit suicide over a tangled love affair, but is taken to hospital and her life saved. The story is just the sort of thing that journalist Ian Charteris likes to cover: a poignant mix of near tragedy, possible thwarted romance, and glamour, needing sensitive but - of course - dramatic treatment. It should be a routine assignment, a welcome assignment. It would be, if it wasn't for the identity of the young woman. She may - just may - be Ian's sister.

The unwelcome reminder of the past drags Ian back into memories of places and events he'd rather forget. As far as Ian is concerned, the past is a foreign country. And not just foreign. Fundamentally and cantankerously hostile. Vengeful, war-torn, dangerous.

It is impossible to escape the past; the noose is already around Ian's neck, and every step he takes it tightens . . . And this is not the only noose.

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