This Wild, Wild Country

The most gripping, atmospheric mystery you'll read this year

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Beschreibung

<i>Three women. A small, isolated town. A decades old mystery.</i><br><br>1933. Cornelia Stover is not the kind of woman the menfolk of Boldville, New Mexico, expect her to be. A widow, she ought to be taking care of her house and her daughter. Instead, she's meddling with things that should not concern her.<br>1970. Joanna Riley, a former cop, packs up her car in the middle of the night and drives west, fleeing an abusive marriage and a life she can no longer bear. Eventually, her car runs out of gas and she finds herself in Boldville, a sleepy desert town in the foothills of the Gila Mountains. <br>Meanwhile a young hippie, Glitter, is struggling to realise her plan for a commune. She thought a life of free love, away from the perils of consumerism, would bring her happiness. But things haven't quite turned out the way she had expected.<br>Soon, Joanna and Glitter encounter a shocking modern-day crime and find themselves caught up in a decades-old mystery - the unexplained disappearance of Glitter's grandmother Cornelia . . .<br><b>A captivating, atmospheric new novel from the lauded author of <i>The Long, Long Afternoon, This Wild Wild Country</i> simmers with secrets, lies and terrible betrayal, unravelling the lives of three women at the mercy of their times.</b>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781838776688

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

31 x 154 x 235 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Verlag / Hersteller

Manilla Press