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Cargando... Call in the Nightpor Susan Howatch
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. From halfway around the world, American Claire Sullivan jets to Paris on the basis of a desperate phone call that she received from her glamorous sister Gina. However, when she arrives, Gina is missing and her trail leads to a mysterious boyfriend, Garth Cooper now living in London with a secret to hide. As time passes, Claire begins to realize that Gina's sudden disappearance is not another one of her sister's harebrained stunts. I usually enjoy Susan Howatch's books, but I think that this book was one of her weakest. I give this book a C! sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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From half way around the world, American Clare Sullivan obeys a desperate summons from her glamorous sister Gina and flies to Paris. But when she arrives, there's no sign of Gina. Her sister's trail leads Claire to London and to Garth Cooper, a boyfriend of Gina's, who seems to have a secret to hide. As time passes, Claire begins to understand that Gina's disappearance is not just another one of her sister's melodramatic stunts. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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This story starts with Clare Sullivan (who narrates the book in the first person) receiving an anguished phone call in New york from her sister Gina, who is in London. The call is stopped abruptly, and Gina apparently vanishes. Clare's intuition tells her something is badly wrong, so she flies first to Paris, then on to London, and finds herself quickly embroiled in a dangerous and worrying set of circumstances.
Showing a distinct flair that comes out more strongly in the later novels, Susan Howatch manages to build up suspense by Clare's research: she meets people who know something about Gina, or what's happened to her, and they give their perspective. Each time we learn a little more although we're not entirely sure who can be trusted until the end. The climax of the book is highly dramatic, perhaps somewhat over melodramatic, but in context it appears entirely possible - another sign of a great writer! ( )