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Sleeping Cruelty |
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 Sleeping Cruelty byLynda LaPlante Macmillan 376 pages, 2000 ISBN 0333736532 Reviewed by our South African Editor Merilyn Tomkins adams.west@saol.com - Adams Bookshop, Durban, SA Sir William Benedict has it all: great wealth, position, a career that knows no bounds, a jewel of an island in the Caribbean and the pride that comes from being a self-made man. His world seems a perfect place, until his political protege Andrew Maynard - into whose campaign Sir William is pouring millions - commits suicide, leaving Benedict's once flawless reputation in ruins. The gutter press have a field day to Benedict's bewilderment until he realises that the press baron, Humphrey Matlock's wife Angela is behind it all. Angela had loved Benedict deeply and had hoped they would marry but Benedict, unaware of her feelings, had turned his affections elsewhere. Sir William tries to find out what led to Maynard's suicide and confiscates diaries and documents before the police arrive to investigate the scene. The diaries lead him to Justin Chalmers and his sister Laura, two very attractive young people with enough charisma to draw others close to them. Their unsuspecting victims soon regret their attraction to these two who have innocent blood on their hands, including that of their own parents. Scorned by society, Sir William's enemies are now the people who were once closest to him, and he has all the money he needs to prepare for his final satisfying revenge. Lynda LaPlante's latest novel is guaranteed to lure you in. |
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