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The Accomplice

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The Accomplice
by Elizabeth Ironside
Felony & Mayhem 2006

We’ve taken the liberty of quoting Marilyn Stasio’s review from the November 5 issue of the NY Times Book Review for author’s first book to be released in hardcover in the US (we can’t say it any better!): “Like ''Death in the Garden,'' the novel that introduced American readers to Elizabeth Ironside's delicate but lethal storytelling style, THE ACCOMPLICE assembles its cast at a social gathering at an elegant English country house. The setting is gracious, the guests have lovely manners and the talk is civilized -- until workmen digging up the rose garden at Asshe House uncover the skeleton of a child. Although we tend to follow the account of Zita Daunsey, a close family friend and neighbor, Ironside exercises such subtle restraint on the story -- told from multiple perspectives in alternating chapters covering a half-century of events -- that its complexity can't be fully appreciated until the very end. For the purposes of the plot, these distinctive internal voices bind the story together, but an outside observer can only wonder what would happen if everyone blurted out their open, unguarded thoughts at the next garden party. “
SIGNED $24.00

Also, special Limited Manning Edition, SIGNED by the author (twice, once as Elizabeth Ironside and again as Catherine Manning), the publisher and the designer. SIGNED $50.00

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