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The Quick and the Dead

On sale

15th July 1999

Price: £6.99

Selected:  Paperback / ISBN-13: 9780340708002

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Clarissa really falls in love with the house – a beautiful Tudor manor in the Welsh marches: marrying Thomas is simply the best way to get it. But life there isn’t quite the idyll she expects. Thomas is so busy with the farm that he doesn’t see the need for a social life, and his two elderly, eccentric aunts- though charm itself – aren’t the most stimulating companions. When Evan appears on the scene, Clarissa is ripe for a little diversion, but the complications that ensue demand Welsh magic to unravel them.

Reviews

The Times on Amy Wingate's Journal
A genuine voice of our times
The Lady
With beautifully ironic observations and flashbacks to a mysterious past, the story has a twist in the tail so staggering that it necessitates re-reading and a strong cup of tea
Prima
Praise for Marcia Willett: 'A very readable book'
Publishing News
A fascinating study of character ... A cleverly woven story with lots of human interest