Our Lady of Pain

• Date de parution : 03/02/2011
• Editeur : Quercus Publishing Digital
• EAN : 9781849168397
• Série : (-)
• Support : Livre numérique

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• Collection : (-)
• Genre : Anglais
• Thème : Policier / Suspense / Espionnage en langue anglaise
• Prix littéraire(s) : (-)

A young woman's naked body is found in the undergrowth of Holland Park, London. Gagged, with her wrists and ankles bound, she has been posed, almost like a statue, kneeling as if in prayer - or begging for mercy. Stuffed into the woman's mouth is a wad of paper. On the paper is a verse by a... Voir plus

A young woman's naked body is found in the undergrowth of Holland Park, London. Gagged, with her wrists and ankles bound, she has been posed, almost like a statue, kneeling as if in prayer - or begging for mercy. Stuffed into the woman's mouth is a wad of paper. On the paper is a verse by a Victorian poet, renowned for his sadomasochistic tendencies. Progress on the investigation is frustratingly slow, until a link is made to another murder that occurred exactly a year earlier Â...