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Dell, March 2004, 22.95, 304 pp.
ISBN 0385335806
They met when they were both racing their expensive sports cars out on the open road, a ride that ended in them making love in an abandoned barn. When he left she didn't know his name but he got in touch with her a few weeks later and they started dating. Lenny Maxted was a famous comic who teamed up with Jack Flowers and their act was in demand by an adoring public but Alice loved all of him though Lenny was drowning in drugs and depression.
He committed suicide leaving a note for Alice but his death devastated her and she married another man while mourning. That marriage only lasted for three years before she divorced him and moved into the home that Lenny bought for her. Time and her animals healed many of her wounds but they were opened up again when she got a news clipping in the mail about a body found in a nearby lake. Alice immediately thinks of Kitty who disappeared after she and Lenny reconciled. A few days later Jack shows up and Alice is plunged into a nightmare that she might never recover from.
Laura Wilson has written a dark gritty noir novel that is all too believable. Neither Alice nor Jack is particularly admirable characters but aside from sex and drugs, Alice never crosses the line into criminal activity. Although Lenny is dead when the book opens his presence is felt throughout the novel, a week pathetic person who depended on drugs to help him through life's dark spots. TELLING LIES TO ALICE is a fast work of psychological suspense in the tradition of Alfred Hitchcock.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%
Tone of story
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
- 1980's-1999
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller
Yes
General Crime (including known murderer)
Yes
If story PRIMARILY about main chr. being hunted...
- hunted by dangerous boy/girlfriend/spouse
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- homemaker
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much violence does he/she use?
- a little
Ethnicity/Race
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- mastermind
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist
- jealousy
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths?
- 3-4
Amount of dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
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