Love Nest
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- £3.99
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- £3.99
Publisher Description
Love Nest, Andrew Coburn’s gripping new thriller, is certain to gain the same critical acclaim.
The murder of a young and alluring prostitute is at the core of this compelling story of small-town crime, corruption, and desire. In her brief stay in Andover, Massachusetts, her charm and beauty had touched the lives of many of the town’s leading citizens, not the least of whom is the investigator of her murder, Sergeant Sonny Dawson. His tenacious search for the killer uncovers a netherworld of characters that shocks his sensibilities but does not dampen his thirst to solve the case.
The taut psychological drama, the agonizingly suspenseful plot, and the deft prose that mark Andrew Coburn’s writing of Love Nest consolidate his stature and his fictional territory—the authentic New England world he has staked out for himself. And in his portrait of a small New England town, Coburn reveals the sophistication and breadth of a most gifted novelist.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The author of Sweetheart opens his new thriller with the murder of a young prostitute in affluent, would-be-exclusive Andover, Mass. Melody had connections with, and an emotional effect on, quite a few townspeople. Among those shattered by her death are a leading lawyer, a rich developer, his wife and teenage son, a Mafia princess and an aged aristocratic beauty, and Detective-Sergeant Sonny Dawson, who'd had a platonic affair with Melody, and who's determined to find her killer, which means he must unravel a tangled web of relationships. Everybody says he or she loved Melody, but nobody wants to help Dawson. A great deal of murk is generated by the characters' cryptic talkand Dawson's phlegmso that by the time we get to the quirky ending we don't much care about them or Melody, who remains elusive. The one vivid character is the Mafia princessfat, once beautiful and wonderfully selfish. She is worth a book.
