| Why Aren't They Screaming? Contributor(s): Smith, Joan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1912194805 ISBN-13: 9781912194803 Publisher: Agora Books OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2018 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Crime |
| Dewey: 823.92 |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.69 lbs) 244 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Loretta Lawson needs to escape London. Diagnosed with glandular fever and ordered to rest, she sets off for the countryside and the apparently idyllic home of Clara Wolstonecraft - children's author, strident peace activist, and distant acquaintance in possession of a spare room. It's the perfect set up - as long as Loretta doesn't mind sharing her space with the peace activists currently camped out nearby. The scenery is beautiful, the house idyllic... but the quiet does not last long. The camp is plagued by one incident after another - a break in, an attempted arson, a dinner party interrupted by blood red paint splattering the windows. But Loretta soon realises the attacks are the least of their worries. Clara herself is being targeted by anonymous letters, phone calls, menacing radio messages. And she hasn't said a word to the friends and family who fill her home. Why is she being targeted, and what exactly does she have to hide? Loretta is determined to find out before the situation escalates. But it may already be too late... |
Contributor Bio(s): Smith, Joan: - Joan Smith is an English novelist, journalist and human rights activist born in 1953. Smith was educated at a state school before reading Latin at the University of Reading in the early 1970s. After a spell as a journalist in local radio in Manchester, she joined the staff of The Sunday Times in 1979 and stayed at the newspaper until 1984. Smith is probably best known for the Loretta Lawson series of crime novels which were published between 1987 and 1995, however, she also writes non-fiction as is a keen political activist, scornful of popular culture and displaying a commitment to atheism and feminism. Smith was appointed the Executive Director of Hacked Off in late May 2014, but stood down in 2015 to resume her writing career full-time. |