Grievous Angel: A Novel - Softcover

Hill, Jane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060745290 ISBN 13: 9780060745295

Publisher: Harper Paperbacks, 2006

Synopsis

It has been twenty years since Justine Fraser last saw Nicky Bennet, twenty years since he abruptly took off for Hollywood. Justine cannot forget his offbeat charisma, his sly half-smile, or the time he surprised her by flying across the Atlantic to propose to her on a beach. But she also cannot forget the way he disappeared without a word of explanation.

Now reports have surfaced that Nicky has vanished again, this time from the set of his next film, leaving behind a mysteriously cryptic note, which Justine is sure is a message to her. Against the advice of her friends, she sets off on a journey to America, to the past, and to Nicky, in search of the real reasons behind his disappearance. But what she will ultimately discover is the shocking and disturbing truth about her relationship with Nicky Bennet . . . which is not at all how she remembers it.

About this title

About the Author:

Jane Hill is the director of programming for an award-winning group of commercial radio stations in the United Kingdom, and she previously worked as a radio journalist. She lives in Lincoln, England.

From Publishers Weekly:

Hill's stretch of a first novel rests on a flimsy premise: a 39-year-old British woman can't move on from her college flame, a magnetic American who became a Hollywood star after they painfully parted ways. Justine Fraser, an assistant bookstore manager who lives on the south coast of England, holds amorous suitors and ex-boyfriends at arm's length while she obsesses over her long ago ex, Nicky Bennet, "the love of my life and the great lost opportunity." Their passionate affair (which ended 18 years earlier) climaxed with a marriage proposal but ended abruptly after Nicky accidentally broke Justine's wrist during rough sex and then left her for good, never to contact her again. Now, the papers report that he's walked out on a movie in mid-production and gone missing. The cryptic letter he left behind bears all the earmarks of a suicide note, but Justine picks up on clues that lead her to believe the message is specifically intended for her. So, after unintentionally providing tabloid fodder for the missing Nicky Bennet story, she hops a plane for the U.S. to embark on a misbegotten search for her former lover. By the end of this repetitive, improbable novel, Justine discovers more than she bargained for.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0060745290
• ISBN 13: 9780060745295
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304