The Barred Window - Hardcover

Taylor, Andrew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1856192091 ISBN 13: 9781856192095

Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing, 1994

Synopsis

48 years in the same house, in the same room, with the same barred windows The Barred Windows is a psychological thriller packed with twists and turns from the bestselling author of The Ashes of London It is 1993 and Thomas Penmarsh has lived in Finisterre, the house by the sea, all his life, sleeping each night in the room with the barred window. He's only 48 but has been an old man since one evening in 1967 when he lost everything he valued. With the death of his controlling mother, Thomas finally becomes master of his own house. When Esmond, his cousin and childhood confidante, comes to live with him Thomas is overjoyed - Esmond always looks after him . . . But is Esmond all that he seems? And why is he so concerned that Alice wants to come home too? Darling Alice, whom neither have seen since that fateful night twenty-six years ago.

About this title

About the Author:

Andrew Taylor is the author of a number of crime novels, including the ground-breaking Roth Trilogy, which was adapted into the acclaimed drama Fallen Angel, and the historical crime novels The Ashes of London, The Silent Boy, and The American Boy, a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller and a 2005 Richard & Judy Book Club Choice. He has won many awards, including the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award (the only author to win it three times) and the CWA's prestigious Diamond Dagger.

About this edition

• Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 1856192091
• ISBN 13: 9781856192095
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 309