Almost A Crime
The deliciously absorbing story of a power marriage - and an affair that threatens everything
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4.3 • 36 Ratings
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- £6.49
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- £6.49
Publisher Description
Riches, a power marriage - and a betrayal that threatens everything - a stunning novel of wealth and secrets from the author of the bestselling Spoils of Time trilogy
'Deliciously readable' Mail on Sunday
Tom and Octavia Fleming have the perfect power marriage: he is a spin-doctor and she runs a consultancy to the charity industry. They are attractive, rich and successful. Then Octavia discovers Tom is having an affair, and both the discovery and the affair itself have consequences that are potentially fatal. For this is no ordinary affair, but one that leads to terror and danger, and threatens to damage people's lives for ever.
Sometimes, the most exciting secrets are there to destroy you...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Vincenzi's latest saga (after Into Temptation) exposes the cracks in a British "power marriage" and charts the frightening evolution of a spurned woman's love into a dangerous obsession. In late 1990s London, Tom and Octavia Fleming glitter among the chattering classes. Tom, a brilliant political consultant, and Octavia, an equally talented charity consultant, appear to have it all three pretty children, money, success, health and good looks everything but precious time together. When Octavia realizes that Tom is having an affair, she turns for support to her best friend, Louise Cheltenham, a former top model now married with children, and embarks on professional and sexual revenge against her husband. But her initial hurt is magnified tenfold when she learns the identity of Tom's mistress, and her misdemeanors hardly compare to the revenge plan of Tom's very troubled lover once he ends his affair. This deft, swift contemporary epic will have hooked readers exclaiming, "Good grief!"
Customer Reviews
Almost a crime
Very good read. Hard to put down.