The sick rose
By: Erin Kelly
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9781444701081; 9781444701074
Subjects: Secrecy; Man-woman relationships; Deckare; Fiction
Description: "'You kept my secret. I know yours now. That makes us even.' Paul has been led into a life of crime by his schoolyard protector, Daniel - but one night what started as petty theft escalates fatally. Now, at nineteen, Paul must bear witness against his friend to avoid imprisonment. Louisa has her own dark secrets. Having fled from them many years ago she now spends her days steeped in history, renovating the grounds of a crumbling Elizabethan mansion. But the her fragile peace is shattered when she meets Paul; he's the image of the one person she never thought she'd see again. A relationship develops between them, and Louisa starts to believe she can experience the happiness she had given up on; but it soon becomes apparent that neither of them can outrun their violent past ..."--Front inside jacket.
Table of contents: title: Paul has been led into a life of crime by his schoolyard protector, Daniel; title: but one night what started as petty theft escalates fatally. Now, at nineteen, Paul must bear witness against his friend to avoid imprisonment. Louisa has her own dark secrets. Having fled from them many years ago she now spends her days steeped in history, renovating the grounds of a crumbling Elizabethan mansion. But the her fragile peace is shattered when she meets Paul; he's the image of the one person she never thought she'd see again. A relationship develops between them, and Louisa starts to believe she can experience the happiness she had given up on; but it soon becomes apparent that neither of them can out run their violent past.