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The Scent of Fear Margaret Yorke

The Scent of Fear By Margaret Yorke

The Scent of Fear by Margaret Yorke


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Summary

She lost her memory - will she lose her life?
Superb crime fiction from 'A star in our galaxy of crime writers' FINANCIAL TIMES

The Scent of Fear Summary

The Scent of Fear by Margaret Yorke

She lost her memory - will she lose her life?

Superb crime fiction from 'A star in our galaxy of crime writers' FINANCIAL TIMES

'The mistress of unease' DAILY TELEGRAPH

Mrs Anderson is starting to forget where she has put things, what she has bought, or even eaten. Living alone in a rambling mansion, she is isolated from the town.

But Mrs Anderson has a visitor. A young man comes every night, through the dining room window. He helps himself to food and money, and has even made himself comfortable in the attic. A young man who enjoys power, he might take over the whole house and make it his. It's a place where no one will think to look for him, where no one will find him - no matter what he's done.

The Scent of Fear Reviews

The mistress of unease * DAILY TELEGRAPH *
Yorke has an extraordinary feel for the passions that lurk beneath unremarkable facades * SUNDAY TIMES *
A star in our galaxy of crime writers * FINANCIAL TIMES *
A superior example of the mounting claustrophobia school of crime writing * THE TIMES *
A gripping thriller * PUNCH *
Few authors are better than Margaret Yorke in generating a real sense of fear * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *
Like the author, the novels are robust and uncompromising, and displayed sympathy for the underdog ... Yorke practised deception artfully and with style * GUARDIAN *
Mistress of the skilfully spun suspense novel * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *
Yorke leads us gently and persuasively to a powerful climax -- Marcel Berlins * THE TIMES *

About Margaret Yorke

Margaret Beda Larminie, or Margaret Yorke as she became, is one of the most renowned and prolific female British mystery authors. During the Second World War she initially worked as a librarian before serving as a driver for the Women's Royal Naval Service. After the end of the war, she returned to literary pursuits, becoming the first woman to work at Christ Church library in Oxford. Yorke's spell here influenced her only serial character, the Shakespeare-loving, Oxford don sleuth Patrick Grant. She was actively involved in the crime writing community, chairing the Crime Writers' Association between 1979 and 1980. Yorke's novels met with great critical success; in 1993 she was awarded the CWA Golden Handcuffs and in 1999 received the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger for an outstanding lifetime contribution to the genre. Her last book was Cause for Concern (2001). She died in 2012.

Additional information

GOR010286503
9781471914911
1471914917
The Scent of Fear by Margaret Yorke
Used - Very Good
Paperback
The Murder Room
20150114
240
N/A
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