
The Poison Tree
A Novel
Tony Strong(Author)
Random House Inc (Publisher)
Published on 10. August 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-440-61402-9 (ISBN)
Description
The handsome student who lived at 57 West Street died there too, his brutal murderer never brought to justice. For Terry Williams, returning to Oxford University to complete a doctorate in detective fiction, the house's macabre history simply means it's cheap. She never suspected the twisted passsions that led to the student's death would entwine around her own life. A stray cat traumatized by some past act of cruelty, a hidden cache of pornography, a close neighbor's illicit love affair . . . soon Terry is drawn into a mystery more chilling than any in her fictional studies. And back in the classroom she is uncovering a secret, erotic side to academia, where moral rules are suspended and where a tragic obsession may prove deadly for the innocent . . . or for a woman seeing too clearly into a killer's dark and merciless heart.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Random House USA Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
562 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-440-61402-9 (9780440614029)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Tony Strong lives in England. The Poison Tree is his first novel.