The Poison Tree - Hardcover

Strong, Tony

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385408722 ISBN 13: 9780385408721

Publisher: Doubleday, 1997

Synopsis

Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (usual toning to the pages) SIGNED hardcover first edition - London:: Doubleday,, (1997). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (usual toning to the pages). First printing. The author's first novel, set in Oxford, where Terry Williams has returned, after her divorce, to finish her doctorate in detective fiction - but the house which she purchases was the scene of a horrifying murder and she finds herself swept up in events tied to that murder. SIGNED on the title page. 331 pp.

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Review

Sex, murder, and academics are the strange bedfellows in The Poison Tree, a first novel by Tony Strong. Set in Oxford, where protagonist Terry Williams has come to get a doctorate in detective fiction, the story revolves around crimes committed before Terry's arrival, namely a horrifying murder that occurred in the very house into which she has moved. Soon history seems to be repeating itself: poison-pen letters start arriving, a murderous stalker roams the streets, and Terry begins to uncover the ugly secrets that lie just beneath the surface of Oxford's seemingly idyllic environment.

From the Publisher

In the wake of a failed marriage and a misguided love affair, feisty academic Terry Williams moves to Oxford to resume her abandoned doctorate in detective fiction. Looking forward to a sleepy university town, Terry is dismayed to find that her new home was previously the scene of a savage sexual murder, and all too soon Terry finds the past returning to invade the present with horrific consequences.

Terry begins to uncover the dark secrets hidden behind this quiet idyllic life--a famous neighbor involved in a bizarre sexual scandal, a star college athlete with stormy, violent passions, and a hidden cache of ardent, almost pornographic letters all suggest a mystery more brutal and elusive than any tackled by the fictional detectives she studies.

And still, a killer walks the streets of Oxford, protected by the night, empowered by violence, and determined to exact a bloody revenge for a crime of passion.

Edition details

• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385408722
• ISBN 13: 9780385408721
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1