Apple Tree Yard

Author: Louise Doughty

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  • : 25.00 NZD
  • : 9780571278640
  • : Faber & Faber, Limited
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  • : November 2013
  • : 198mm X 126mm X 28mm
  • : United Kingdom
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  • : September 2014
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Barcode 9780571278640
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Description

An intelligent, erotically charged thriller with deep moral implications


Yvonne Carmichael, renowned geneticist, public authority, happily married mother of two, sits in the accused box. The charge is murder. Across the courtroom, not meeting her eye, sits her alleged accomplice. He wears the beautiful pin-striped suit he wore on their first meeting in the Houses of Parliament, when he put his hand on her elbow, guided her to a deserted and ancient chapel, and began to undress her. As the barrister's voice grows low and sinuous, Yvonne realizes she's lost herself and the life she'd built so carefully to a man who never existed at all.


After their first liaison, Yvonne's lover tells her very little about himself, but she comes to suspect his secrecy has an explanation connected with the British government. So thrilled and absorbed is she in her newfound sexual power that she fails to notice the real danger about to blindside her from a seemingly innocuous angle. Then, reeling from an act of violence, Yvonne discovers that her desire for justice and revenge has already been compromised. Everything hinges on one night in a dark little alley called Apple Tree Yard.

Promotion info

A stunning psychological thriller about a respected female scientist and the single reckless decision that leads to her standing trial for murder.

Awards

Shortlisted for CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2014.

Author description

Louise Doughty is the author of six novels, most recently Whatever You Love, which was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award and longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. She has won awards for radio drama and short stories, along with publishing one work of non-fiction, A Novel in a Year, based on her hugely popular newspaper column. She is a critic and cultural commentator for UK and international newspapers and broadcasts regularly for the BBC. She lives in London.