Parallel Lies
Published on 20. January 2011
256 pages
978-0-7481-2661-3 (ISBN)
Description
'Wealth, celebrity, sexuality and a tangled web of secrets ...Oh boy, what a mix. And it works . . . It was my first introduction to this writer and I'll be coming back for more' IRISH EXAMINER
Despite her youth, Russian-born Yana Ivanova is already a Hollywood legend. She lives in a beautiful house in Beverly Hills with Jimmy, a sitcom star, and Penny, her British PA. Theirs is a strange and uneasy partnership, held together by sex, secrets and the fear of scandal. Then Yana starts receiving threatening letters from an anonymous but very knowledgeable source. Suspicion turns to fear, and fear leads to murder. But who exactly is conning whom?
'Highly entertaining' DAILY MAIL
'A fine piece of writing . . . a powerful talent . . . a tough, poignant book' GUARDIAN
'A warm, witty and truthful love story' TIME OUT
Despite her youth, Russian-born Yana Ivanova is already a Hollywood legend. She lives in a beautiful house in Beverly Hills with Jimmy, a sitcom star, and Penny, her British PA. Theirs is a strange and uneasy partnership, held together by sex, secrets and the fear of scandal. Then Yana starts receiving threatening letters from an anonymous but very knowledgeable source. Suspicion turns to fear, and fear leads to murder. But who exactly is conning whom?
'Highly entertaining' DAILY MAIL
'A fine piece of writing . . . a powerful talent . . . a tough, poignant book' GUARDIAN
'A warm, witty and truthful love story' TIME OUT
Reviews / Votes
A writer who never lets you down * ALI SMITH * A versatile and gifted novelist * LAURA LIPPMAN * Nobody turns the screw of tension tighter than Stella Duffy * VAL MCDERMID *More details
Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition type
Digital original
File size
0,26 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7481-2661-3 (9780748126613)
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Stella Duffy has written seventeen novels (most recently LULLABY BEACH), over seventy short stories, and fourteen plays. She has twice won the CWA Short Story Dagger and twice won Stonewall Writer of the Year. In addition to her writing work, Stella is a theatre-maker and the co-director of the UK-wide Fun Palaces campaign for culture at the heart of community. She was awarded the OBE in 2016 for Services to the Arts. Her website is stelladuffy.wordpress.com.
