DCI Ronald Carlson thought heβd seen it all. Until he hadnβt. The first victim bled out after castration; the second died of thirst. The thirdβs throat was torn out. Are these brutal murders the work of one killer, or many? Are the mutilations some kind of horrific message - if so what, an
The Mother's Recompense
β Scribed by Edith Wharton
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart;New Canadian Library
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 156 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0735252556
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β¦ Synopsis
A feminist Oedipus, cut through with Wharton's usual condemnation of social class and high society.
Kate Clephane was driven out of New York years ago for abandoning her husband and daughter, Anne, which is why she is so surprised to be asked by to America by the same daughter. Anne is set to marry Chris Fenno, a war hero of questionable intentions β and a former lover of Kate's, putting her in a particularly delicate situation.
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