Man in the Net (Black Dagger Crime S.)

Quentin, Patrick

ISBN 10: 0862207533 / ISBN 13: 9780862207533

Published by Chivers North America, 1989

About this Item

Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Damaged book. Slightly damaged in some way typically, a grazed corner or torn cover. Ex-library book with stamps on the first page, it is also likely to have a small shelf number sticker on the spine.

Seller Inventory # CHL10571319

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Man in the Net (Black Dagger Crime S.)
• Publisher: Chivers North America
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0862207533
• ISBN 13: 9780862207533
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Used; Good

About this title

Synopsis

The Man in the Net is a taut and well-crafted example of Patrick Quentin mystery thriller. Quentin typically sets up an unexpected scenario or unusual premise and this is more than fulfilled in this novel.

John Hamilton left his lucrative job with a New York advertising agency to move to the country and try his hand at painting. His first show is not a success and he is under some pressure from his wife, Linda, to return to the city to make some money. Linda is having increasing difficulty coping with the dullness of life in the country and has succumbed to alcoholism, although she is able to keep this completely secret from everybody except John.

So when John returns from a business trip to find his paintings slashed and Linda missing, later to be found dead, he cannot prove how unstable and violent she had become and the suspicions of the locals put him firmly in the frame for her murder.