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Douglas Petty is a man who enjoys his reputation as an unreconstructed male with a penchant for too much wine and too many women. Inheriting his father''s eccentric estate and dog sanctuary quietened him a little, and marriage to Amy a little more. Even so, it seemed out of character for him a sue a tabloid newspaper for libel when it printed a scurrilous story about him.

His lawyers told him he had a good chance of winning the case, mainly because Amy''s testimony would clearly refute the story. But then Amy is involved in a horrendous train crash and while the authorities assume she died in the resulting fire, there is no body to prove it. And if she wasn''t killed why has she disappeared and, with no money and no other family, where is she?

In a story of mesmerising suspense, Amy slowly reveals why she cannot return to her beloved home, and why she can never escape from the lies she was told as a child.



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Fyfield knows how to keep the reader gripped right until the end...an intriguing read. - MAIL ON SUNDAY

A book that grips from the beginning. - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

A black but compelling thriller which keeps you guessing until the end. - SUNDAY EXPRESS

Fyfield manages to tell a moving tale; wonderfully written and full of original moments. - THE TIMES

The Nature Of The Beast

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    A Paperback / softback by Frances Fyfield

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      Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 26/07/2018
      ISBN13: 9780751573749, 978-0751573749
      ISBN10: 0751573744

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Douglas Petty is a man who enjoys his reputation as an unreconstructed male with a penchant for too much wine and too many women. Inheriting his father''s eccentric estate and dog sanctuary quietened him a little, and marriage to Amy a little more. Even so, it seemed out of character for him a sue a tabloid newspaper for libel when it printed a scurrilous story about him.

      His lawyers told him he had a good chance of winning the case, mainly because Amy''s testimony would clearly refute the story. But then Amy is involved in a horrendous train crash and while the authorities assume she died in the resulting fire, there is no body to prove it. And if she wasn''t killed why has she disappeared and, with no money and no other family, where is she?

      In a story of mesmerising suspense, Amy slowly reveals why she cannot return to her beloved home, and why she can never escape from the lies she was told as a child.



      Trade Review
      Fyfield knows how to keep the reader gripped right until the end...an intriguing read. - MAIL ON SUNDAY

      A book that grips from the beginning. - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

      A black but compelling thriller which keeps you guessing until the end. - SUNDAY EXPRESS

      Fyfield manages to tell a moving tale; wonderfully written and full of original moments. - THE TIMES

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