A superb novel of possessive love.A superb novel of possessive love.Laura Franklin bitterly resented the arrival of her younger sister Shirley, an enchanting baby loved by all the family. But Laura's emotions towards her sister changed dramatically one night, when she vowed to protect her with all her strength and love. While Shirley longs for freedom and romance, Laura has to learn that loving can never be a one-sided affair, and the burden of her love for her sister has a dramatic effect on both their lives. A story of consequences when love turns to obsession…Famous for her ingenious crime books and plays, Agatha Christie also wrote about crimes of the heart, six bittersweet and very personal novels, as compelling and memorable as the best of her work.‘Sometimes you haven’t the right currency. And then someone else has to pay…’ Agatha Christie‘The art of story-telling that would be at home in the woman’s magazine.’ Times Literary SupplementAgatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime for her 80 ingenious crime books and her plays. Writing anonymously as Mary Westmacott, she also wrote about crimes of the heart, a series of six bittersweet novels with a jagged edge, as compelling and memorable as the best of her work.• Packaged to match the successful Agatha Christie ‘masterpiece editions’, the first time the six ‘Mary Westmacott’ novels have been available individually for almost a decade.• Crossing between Crime and Romance, these ‘Crimes of the Heart’ novels are designed to appeal to lovers of classic fiction, as well as Christie’s loyal followers.• Continued media interest in Agatha Christie, including promotion for these new editions on the official www.agathachristie.com website.• More than 750,000 Agatha Christie books sold by HarperCollins every year.Competition: murder under the sun;death on the nile;the;mysterious affair at styles;evil under the sun;last seance;bodies from the library;midwinter murder;midsummer mysteries. by;ann cleeves;freeman wills crofts;arthur conan doyle;dean koontz;lucy foley;sophie hannah;lucy clarke;val mcdermid;nina de gramont
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