The Engagement |
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Author:
| Hooper, Chloe |
ISBN: | 978-0-85796-113-6 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2012 |
Publisher: | Penguin Random House
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Imprint: | E-Penguin |
Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | AUD $12.99 |
Book Description:
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The gripping, provocative new novel by the acclaimed author of The Tall Man and A Child's Book of True Crime. Liese Campbell has an engagement for the weekend: to stay with Alexander Colquhoun, the well-mannered heir of a pastoral dynasty, at his property in western Victoria. Liese, an English architect in flight from the financial crisis, now works at her uncle's real-estate business in Melbourne. Alexander has been looking for a place in the city. The luxury apartments Liese shows...
More DescriptionThe gripping, provocative new novel by the acclaimed author of The Tall Man and A Child's Book of True Crime. Liese Campbell has an engagement for the weekend: to stay with Alexander Colquhoun, the well-mannered heir of a pastoral dynasty, at his property in western Victoria. Liese, an English architect in flight from the financial crisis, now works at her uncle's real-estate business in Melbourne. Alexander has been looking for a place in the city. The luxury apartments Liese shows him have become sets for a relationship that satisfies their fantasies - and helps pay her debts. It's a game. Both players understand the rules. Or so she thinks. Across the ancient landscape they drive at dusk to his grand decaying mansion. Here Liese senses a change in Alexander, and realises a different game has begun. This gripping, provocative new novel by one of Australia's finest writers is a psychological thriller for the modern age, one which explores the snares of money and love, and the dark side of erotic imagination. A trap has been set, but how and why? And for whom?