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Painted Smile

Fyfield, Frances
Lydfil / 2015 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780751563566
Publisert
2015-11-19
Utgiver
Vendor
Little, Brown
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Lydfil

Forfatter
Fyfield, Frances
Read by
Barrett, Sean

Om bidragsyterne

Frances Fyfield has spent much of her professional life practising as a criminal lawyer, work which has informed her highly acclaimed crime novels. She has been the recipient of both the Gold and Silver Crime Writers' Association Daggers. She is also a regular broadcaster on Radio 4, most recently as the presenter of the series 'Tales from the Stave'. She lives in London and in Deal, overlooking the sea which is her passion.

Painted Smile

Fyfield, Frances
Lydfil / 2015 / Engelsk
Fyfield, Frances
Lydfil / 2015 / Engelsk
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Young, rich widow Diana Porteous has inherited a vast collection of paintings, but she feels without purpose again. Then her beloved stepgrandson comes up with the idea for an exhibition of portraits with the title 'A Question of Guilt'. It starts as a joke, but soon they are preparing the huge wine cellar of the old schoolhouse by the sea, in spite of those with misgivings as to its suitability. Soon Di has plenty to occupy her: a mysterious woman encourages Di and her friend Sarah Fortune, both natural thieves, to steal from a public collection. And then there's the life-drawing class, where an artist dies and someone steals from him, placing his finds in the cellar.A novel of conundrums, paintings, moral uncertainties and family relationships, A Painted Smile continues the adventures of two of Frances Fyfield's most beloved characters and will win over many more fans of quality fiction.
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Reviews for Gold Digger:This excellent mystery, complete with crimes, clues and red herrings, is also a novel of character and a very good one too - Literary ReviewFyfield specialises in sympathetic portraits of social misfits and the misunderstood . . . This is a subtle but razor-sharp dissection of a family at war - GuardianA novel of character in which fully realised protagonists are developed with a skill approaching that of such writers as Iris Murdoch...Her understanding of the way human beings behave when jealousy and resentment power their actions remains as insightful as ever - IndependentThis humane and beautifully written novel is full of almost sensuous detail not just about art but about living itself. Classic Fyfield, in other words, and highly recommended - SpectatorFrances Fyfield is an original...[she] writes with such persuasive beauty and emotional subtlety - The TimesFrances Fyfield is a veteran crime writer, and it shows here, with her novel well constructed and fittingly suspenseful - Sunday Business Post Ireland
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Reviews for Gold Digger:This excellent mystery, complete with crimes, clues and red herrings, is also a novel of character and a very good one too - Literary ReviewFyfield specialises in sympathetic portraits of social misfits and the misunderstood . . . This is a subtle but razor-sharp dissection of a family at war - GuardianA novel of character in which fully realised protagonists are developed with a skill approaching that of such writers as Iris Murdoch...Her understanding of the way human beings behave when jealousy and resentment power their actions remains as insightful as ever - IndependentThis humane and beautifully written novel is full of almost sensuous detail not just about art but about living itself. Classic Fyfield, in other words, and highly recommended - SpectatorFrances Fyfield is an original...[she] writes with such persuasive beauty and emotional subtlety - The TimesFrances Fyfield is a veteran crime writer, and it shows here, with her novel well constructed and fittingly suspenseful - Sunday Business Post Ireland
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Young, rich widow Diana Porteous has inherited a vast collection of paintings, but she feels without purpose again. Then her beloved stepgrandson comes up with the idea for an exhibition of portraits with the title 'A Question of Guilt'. It starts as a joke, but soon they are preparing the huge wine cellar of the old schoolhouse by the sea, in spite of those with misgivings as to its suitability. Soon Di has plenty to occupy her: a mysterious woman encourages Di and her friend Sarah Fortune, both natural thieves, to steal from a public collection. And then there's the life-drawing class, where an artist dies and someone steals from him, placing his finds in the cellar.A novel of conundrums, paintings, moral uncertainties and family relationships, A Painted Smile continues the adventures of two of Frances Fyfield's most beloved characters and will win over many more fans of quality fiction.
Les mer
The new Di Porteous novel from the award-winning author of Blood From Stone
Reviews for Gold Digger:This excellent mystery, complete with crimes, clues and red herrings, is also a novel of character and a very good one too - Literary ReviewFyfield specialises in sympathetic portraits of social misfits and the misunderstood . . . This is a subtle but razor-sharp dissection of a family at war - GuardianA novel of character in which fully realised protagonists are developed with a skill approaching that of such writers as Iris Murdoch...Her understanding of the way human beings behave when jealousy and resentment power their actions remains as insightful as ever - IndependentThis humane and beautifully written novel is full of almost sensuous detail not just about art but about living itself. Classic Fyfield, in other words, and highly recommended - SpectatorFrances Fyfield is an original...[she] writes with such persuasive beauty and emotional subtlety - The TimesFrances Fyfield is a veteran crime writer, and it shows here, with her novel well constructed and fittingly suspenseful - Sunday Business Post Ireland
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Reviews for Gold Digger:This excellent mystery, complete with crimes, clues and red herrings, is also a novel of character and a very good one too - Literary ReviewFyfield specialises in sympathetic portraits of social misfits and the misunderstood . . . This is a subtle but razor-sharp dissection of a family at war - GuardianA novel of character in which fully realised protagonists are developed with a skill approaching that of such writers as Iris Murdoch...Her understanding of the way human beings behave when jealousy and resentment power their actions remains as insightful as ever - IndependentThis humane and beautifully written novel is full of almost sensuous detail not just about art but about living itself. Classic Fyfield, in other words, and highly recommended - SpectatorFrances Fyfield is an original...[she] writes with such persuasive beauty and emotional subtlety - The TimesFrances Fyfield is a veteran crime writer, and it shows here, with her novel well constructed and fittingly suspenseful - Sunday Business Post Ireland
Les mer
The new Di Porteous novel from the award-winning author of Blood From Stone

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780751563566
Publisert
2015-11-19
Utgiver
Vendor
Little, Brown
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Lydfil

Forfatter
Fyfield, Frances
Read by
Barrett, Sean

Om bidragsyterne

Frances Fyfield has spent much of her professional life practising as a criminal lawyer, work which has informed her highly acclaimed crime novels. She has been the recipient of both the Gold and Silver Crime Writers' Association Daggers. She is also a regular broadcaster on Radio 4, most recently as the presenter of the series 'Tales from the Stave'. She lives in London and in Deal, overlooking the sea which is her passion.

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