Duplicate Keys
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Duplicate Keys
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Jane Smiley
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:320 | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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Category/Genre | Crime and mystery Thriller/suspense Adventure |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780006547471
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Classifications | Dewey:813.54 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
HarperCollins Publishers
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Imprint |
Flamingo
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Publication Date |
2 December 1996 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This novel tells the story of a group of six friends whose close and longstanding relationship begins to fall apart when two of them are brutally murdered. Suspicion falls on all of them as their infidelities and lies begin to come to the surface.
Author Biography
jane smiley was born in LA, grew up in St Louis and studied at Vassar and Iowa. She won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Award in 1992 for A Thousand Acres.
Reviews"As taut and chilling as anything Hitchcock put on film." -"San Francisco Chronicle" "A first-rate cliffhanger." -"The New York Times Book Review" "Penetrating. . . . Smiley's lovely, clear prose takes to the mystery as a slow revelation of character that heats up to a page-turning finish." -"Ms." "Sharp and memorable. . . . Finely wrought." -"Newsday "
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