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Penguin
July 2011
On Sale: July 5, 2011
Featuring: William Dysart
173 pages
ISBN: 0425241033
EAN: 9780425241035
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Mystery
"New York City, 1911. William Dysart, born to wealth and
married to a society beauty, longs for a life of purpose,
but feels trapped by circumstances and by the wishes of his
wife and his domineering father. Having lost his mother as a
boy, he's repressed all memories of her mysterious
death--but feels his work as a lawyer is something that
would have pleased her. Representing the widow of a Wall
Street financier, a client seeking to expand her vast Long
Island estate, William travels to the small village of Lloyd
Neck with a generous offer for Miss Sybil Curtis's cottage
and five acres of land. But when Sybil refuses one offer
after another, the widow threatens to use her influence with
the state to seize the property. Despite his responsibility
to his client, William finds himself sympathizing with
Sybil. Intrigued by her defiance and disturbed by his
growing fondness for her, he tries to unravel the reasons
behind the animosity between the two women. William's desire
to help Sybil soon becomes an obsession he cannot define,
one that tears away the facade of his life and presents him
with truths he's unprepared to face"--
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