The Parting

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Pub Date 1 Jun 1992 | Archive Date 3 Jun 2016
Endeavour Press | Collins Crime

Description

Owen Burgess was an expert con-man and art thief. Or so he thought…

But he made one fatal error.

He failed to realize the trail of enemies he was leaving in his wake - and now they are coming back to haunt him.

Burgess has met a wealthy Texan who is an avid, secret collector of fine art.

If Burgess plays his cards rights, he can realize a lifelong ambition realized whilst taking some long overdue revenge.

But he is also interested in Sally Trent, a prospective employee for the Gallery he runs with his partner.

His immediate attraction to her confirmed that he was tiring of his present mistress, Dinah Calder.

The fact that Sally was happily married would be no bar to his plans.

As Burgess developed his schemes, others were taking a long, harsh view of him.

Ruth Lyle’s held Burgess responsible for her husband’s violent death and her loathing for him was no secret.

Jack Calder knew there could be no reconciliation with his wife while Burgess remained on the scene.

And Owen’s wife Louise was being shaken from her indifference to her husband’s activities.

She could no longer endure seeing her friends being sacrificed one by one to feed his ambition.

The question is not if, but who will get to Burgess first…?

The Parting is an expertly-plotted crime thriller that will keep readers gripped to the last page.

'A real page-turner.' - Robert Foster, best-selling author of 'The Lunar Code'.

Robyn Sheffield, born and educated in Surrey, lives in Devon with her husband, formerly a research scientist and now a professional watercolourist. They have an adult son and daughter. She trained as a diagnostic radiographer and then as a teacher and has worked in London, the Home Counties and the West of England. She also spent six years helping in the management of a family business. Since 1986 she has concentrated on writing plays and fiction. The Parting is her first crime novel.

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Owen Burgess was an expert con-man and art thief. Or so he thought…

But he made one fatal error.

He failed to realize the trail of enemies he was leaving in his wake - and now they are coming back to...

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