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At Death's Door
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At Death's DoorAt Death's Door

Robert Barnard - At Death's Door

No one loved the murdered Dame Myra Mason, long-ago plaything of now senile Benedict Cotterel. Myra's estranged, illegitimate daughter plans a scathing biography; Benedict's dangerously stupid legitimate daughter blames the woman for stealing her father; and Myra's new husband admits to marrying for career advancement. Tucked away upstairs in the Old Rectory, Maudsley, Benedict himself supposedly knows nothing. Barnard shows rare form as usual, investing his English village world with memorable class types, sly quirks, and supporting characters, all limned in masterfully efficient prose.

 
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The Graveyard Position
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The Graveyard Position by Robert Barnard

Merlyn Cantelo returns to Leeds to claim the house of a late aunt, an aunt who adopted him after a tormented early childhood. As a clairvoyant, she had predicted violence in his future life and had suggested he live overseas with her distant family in Italy. Now he's back and is about to find out the real truth of his aunt's precognition.

 
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Tags: Graveyard, Barnard, Robert, Position, overseas, suggested
No Place Of Safety
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No Place Of Safety by Robert Barnard

Robert Barnard returns to contemporary Leeds for the memorably downscale story of The Centre, a temporary hostel for homeless young people. Ben Marchant, who opened The Centre after winning the lottery, allows his charges to remain only a fortnight, all except for Alan Coughlan and Katy Bourne, two fellow-students who'd barely heard of each other till they ran away together, and who are now ensconced in The Centre indefinitely. But Alan and Katy's unusual status doesn't bother black copper Charlie Peace as much as the possibility that The Centre may be no refuge from the indolence of the streets.

 
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Tags: Centre, Place, Barnard, Safety, Robert