The Solitary Child is a story of violent death and suspicion. Harriet becomes engaged to James Random, a gentleman farmer, monied but unpretentious. But his first wife, Eva, had died in what were called ‘unforgettable circumstances’; James was charged with murdering her and was acquitted. Breaking the news to her mother of her engagement was Harriet’s first ordeal: facing Maggie, the solitary child who was James’ and Eva’s daughter was more complex. Suspicions are not always cleared away by a verdict of ‘not guilty’. Here the suspicion which Harriet found surrounding her new home was so oppressive it distorted the relationships of the people involved into a nightmare climax.
- ISBN10 1447235983
- ISBN13 9781447235989
- Publish Date 18 October 2012
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 29 November 2023
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Imprint Macmillan Bello
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Pages 232
- Language English