The Nature of the Beast

By Frances Fyfield

Book Overview

Different people react to disasters in different ways. But why would Amy Petty want the world to presume her dead?Fate is not alone in deciding who lives and who dies after the crash of a train travelling from Kent to London. One passenger uses the opportunity to commit a murder. Another -- the blonde and beautiful Amy Petty -- uses the accident as an opportunity to leave her life behind.... Is it because Amy's husband is currently embroiled in a libel action against a national newspaper? Douglas Petty, a former barrister, is rich, charismatic and evil tempered: he runs a dog sanctuary in a brutally eccentric manner. Amy is his star witness: without her, his reputation faces ruin. Or maybe it isn't the present that Amy is running from. Maybe it is the past.... The Nature of the Beast is mesmerizing. A brooding thriller of truth, betrayal and human instinct, it is Frances Fyfield at her most thrilling best. From the Trade Paperback edition.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0753166003
• ISBN13: 9780753166000
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: ISIS Publishing
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Intriguing

I'm a long time Fyfield fan. The more recent books in the series have been somewhat inconsistent. Fyfield's writing is always good but her plotlines now and then were not what they could have been. This time out, we've got a really good book that is, unfortunately, bracketed by a Foreward and an Endpiece that consist of letters. The letters, while obviously the only way the author could impart the particulars she wanted to get across, are tiresome. Once into the meat of the book itself, there's a cast of well-drawn characters and a plot that, on the surface, seems a bit strange. The subplot, however, is clever and the characters are revealed slowly, steadily until they emerge ultimately not at all as they seem initially. This is, finally, a well-told story with an entirely satisfying resolution.Recommended.