The Four Last Things (Roth Trilogy, Bk 1) - Hardcover

Taylor, Andrew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312168454 ISBN 13: 9780312168452

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1997

Synopsis

This nightmarish tale of kidnapping marks the first story in an upcoming suspense trilogy, which begins with the abduction of Lucy Appleyard, daughter of a policeman and an Anglican cleric, who is taken from her babysitter's home on a cold afternoon.

About this title

Review:

The Reverend Sally Applegate, a newly ordained deacon in a London parish, and her husband, Michael, a policeman, have already been experiencing hard times in their marriage for some time as The Four Last Things opens. When their daughter, Lucy, is kidnapped they grow even farther apart. Each turns initially away from the other and towards the source of their faith: for Lucy, it is the church, and for Michael, the police. Meanwhile the kidnappers, a pedophile named Eddie and a female serial killer named Angel, find themselves unexpectedly touched by the little girl they've abducted--a situation that makes this already unstable couple even more volatile and unpredictable. As a series of grisly discoveries of body parts seems to indicate that Lucy is in imminent danger of becoming the next victim, Sally and Michael's faith in themselves, each other, and the institutions that have nurtured them is tested to the breaking point.

About the Author:

Andrew Taylor is the award-winning author of a number of crime novels, including the Dougal series, the Lydmouth books and The Barred Window. He and his wife live with their children in the Forest of Dean.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0312168454
• ISBN 13: 9780312168452
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 298