Panther Books
2 total works
Female desire and sexuality, and the elusive nature of identity are brilliantly explored in this novel which glimmers with insight and truth. A beautiful woman in her early thirties, Mary Lavery, nee Dunne lives in New York and is happily married to a much feted British playwright. But before this there have been other lives, two previous husbands, and a Catholic girlhood filled with suppressed passion. A brief encounter with an old friend brings back a sudden flood of memories from the past - memories which confuse and disturb...
When an appalling boating accident off the coast of Nice allegedly kills Dr. Alex Davenport, his attractive young wife Marie finds herself in the ironic position of widow of a husband she had been planning to leave for another man. But Alex's body suddenly disappears from the morgue, and his plane ticket and passport are missing. So begins a mystery of hypnotic fascination, involving elements of the bizarre and the supernatural.