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By A Spider's Thread

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title By A Spider's Thread
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Laura Lippman
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:400
Dimensions(mm): Height 176,Width 114
Category/GenreCrime and mystery
ISBN/Barcode 9780752864952
ClassificationsDewey:813.54
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Imprint Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Publication Date 3 November 2005
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Natalie Rubin, middle-class Jewish wife and mother, has vanished. Worse, she has taken her three children with her. Her husband, Mark, is devastated. He loves her; and he thought she was happy. So he approaches Tess to trace her. At first Tess is wary. She doesn't like getting involved in domestic disputes, and Mark's love for his wife seems to contain a disturbing desire to control her. Did he drive her away? Did he perhaps kill her? But as Tess pursues her quest for Natalie, she discovers a woman with a mysterious past, a man whose values will challenge her own, and a family that knows how to keep its secrets ...BY A SPIDER'S THREAD is part tense thriller and part all-too-human drama about what families do to each other.

Author Biography

Before becoming a full time novelist, Laura Lippman was a newspaper reporter for 20 years. Among Laura's various awards and nominations she won the Anthony Award for EVERY SECRET THING and has now been nominated for the 2005 Edgar Award for BY A SPIDER'S THREAD. Laura Lippman lives in Baltimore.

Reviews

"Lippman exaines in depth the concept of marriage and the reasons why families fall apart." GOOD BOOK GUIDE, December 2005