The Poison Tree

Strong, Tony

ISBN 10: 038531941X / ISBN 13: 9780385319416

Published by Delacorte Press. New York, New York, 1997

About this Item

First Edition/First Printing, December 1997. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket. 355 pages. In this fine debut novel, the classic English mystery meets the modern American thriller and the result is bloody screaming murder. As new. Unread. From my smoke-free collection. Ships in well-padded box.

Seller Inventory # 3271

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Poison Tree
• Publisher: Delacorte Press. New York, New York
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 038531941X
• ISBN 13: 9780385319416
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mystery

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Tony Strong lives in England.  The Poison Tree is his first novel.


From the Paperback edition.