The Habit Of Fear - Softcover

Dorothy Salisbury Davis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0373260318 ISBN 13: 9780373260317

Publisher: Worldwide Library, 1989

Synopsis

Devastated by her husband's announcement that he wants a divorce and by a vicious attack and rape, Julie Hayes struggles to help the police solve the crime and then put her life back together

About this title

About the Author:

Dorothy Salisbury Davis is the author of 20 novels, seventeen of which are mysteries, and numerous short stories. She has received seven Edgar nominations and in 1985 received the Mystery Writers of America grandmaster award. One of her books, A Gentle Murderer, is considered a classic in the genre.

From Publishers Weekly:

Veteran crime-fiction author Davis's newest is a multifaceted novel that addresses timely issues. Young Julie Hayes, gossip columnist for a New York newspaper, is suddenly sued for divorce by her husband, pedantic gourmet columnist Geoffrey Hayes. Stunned, she walks from their apartment through the streets of Manhattan and is lured by the feigned cries of a child to a trailer in an empty lot, where she is raped and sodomized by a pair of masked men. To recover her equilibrium, Julie takes a leave from the paper and departs for Ireland, in the hope of finally finding her father, whom she has never known. There she discovers new family and friends: sweet-tempered playwright Seamus McNally, brilliant artist Edna O'Shea, her father's new wife and assumed widow. Julie later learns of Edna's political associations and links to Irish terrorism. In the meantime, her rapists havecoincidentallysurfaced in Ireland, and the strands of the plot come together. No simple mystery, this novel offers violence, romance, intrigue and a dash of politics, all contributing to a tale chockful of action that leads to a heartening, if bittersweet, conclusion.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Worldwide Library
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0373260318
• ISBN 13: 9780373260317
• Binding: Paperback