False Pretences by Margaret Yorke
When Isabel's god-daughter, Emily, turns up after years of no contact and in need of help, she feels duty-bound to take her under her wing. To her surprise, Emily is determined to be independent and takes a job as nanny. Emily's charge turns out to be the illegitimate child of the naïve daughter of a well-to-do couple and a ne'er-do-well conman who disappeared before the baby was born. And now he is back, intent on exploiting his parental status in return for cash. Before she knows it, Emily is caught up in his botched attempts at blackmail, trying desperately to protect her charge from harm, while also shielding Isabel from becoming entangled in the drama. But when events beyond her control force her to act instinctively, with horrendous effect, all their lives are put terribly at risk.
Her short, sparse accounts of things going wrong and innocent people getting caught up in events beyond their control never fails to induce a powerful sense of apprehension and foreboding * Guardian *
Wholly-and distressingly- believable * Times Literary Supplement *
Yorke has an extraordinary feel for the passions that lurk beneath unremarkable facades * Sunday Times *
There is not a word wasted in Margaret Yorke's deftly constructed crime novels, yet they have a hinterland greater than many novels twice the lengthHer understanding of the faultlines that run through human beings is second to none * Diane Setterfield *
Wholly-and distressingly- believable * Times Literary Supplement *
Yorke has an extraordinary feel for the passions that lurk beneath unremarkable facades * Sunday Times *
There is not a word wasted in Margaret Yorke's deftly constructed crime novels, yet they have a hinterland greater than many novels twice the lengthHer understanding of the faultlines that run through human beings is second to none * Diane Setterfield *
Margaret Yorke was awarded the 1999 Cartier Diamond Dagger for her outstanding contribution to the crime fiction genre. She was a past chairman of the Crime Writers' Association and the author of over 50 novels. She died in November 2012.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780751552089 |
| ISBN 10 | 0751552089 |
| Title | False Pretences |
| Author | Margaret Yorke |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2014-01-23 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
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