Lies and Loyalties

By Rachel Billington

Book Overview

'An utterly gripping page-turner' SPECTATOR 'Heartache, soul searching and finger pointing swirl around this complex tale of a dysfunctional, yet powerful family' DAILY MIRROR'A gripping tale to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0752868543
• ISBN13: 9780752868547
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Orion Publishing
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.4" x 1.3" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Family secrets

When British MP, Leo Barr is informed of the death of his younger brother, Charley, he rushes to the mental hospital where Charley was a patient, to be told that he had hanged himself from a tree in the garden of the hospital grounds. Upon viewing the body, he is relieved to see that it definitely not Charley, but that Charley is missing and wanted for questioning by the police. Poor brilliant but very loosely hinged Charley had been certain that someone was trying to kill him because of information about a very senior MP which he had passed on to Leo. Leo is convinced that this MP is crooked and feels sure that he will be able to provide proof of the minister's skullduggery. The Barr family consists of mother Imogen, a former Dior model and loved all of her life by many men, her husband Esmond, possible father of all of the children and now bordering on the edge of sanity, top barrister Robert who has his own secret life, MP Leo, Charley, whom Imogen adored, Father Bill, a catholic priest who was given away as a baby to a devout catholic couple and the only girl, Portia. This is a most complex family, each having his own personal problems with just a hint of mental instability running through all of them. It's a well written and interesting book so I must now find others by this excellent writer.