Secret Relations by Annabel Dilke

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Bibliographic Details

• Author: Annabel Dilke
• Title: Secret Relations
• Publisher: ‎ St. Martin's Press; First U.S. Edition (April 17, 2007)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover – 373 pages
• ISBN-10: 0312334796
• ISBN-13: 978-0312334796
• Item Weight : ‎ 1.45 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 6.3 x 1.2 x 9.76 inches
• Book Condition: New / Like New – Excellent
• Dust Jacket Condition: Excellent
• Edition: First U.S. Edition

Synopsis:

From the author of The Inheritance—called “psychologically reminiscent of John Cheever” by the Washington Post—comes this story of love, family, and the unbridled passions that so frequently set them at odds.

Charlie, Kitty, Max, and Liza are first cousins and lifelong friends. Charlie is an aspiring barrister, Kitty is expected to marry, Max is too spoiled for his own good, Liza too ambitious. They belong to the vast St. Clair clan, a distinguished and wealthy power in the land, where judges and QC’s rub shoulders with black sheep and eccentrics, and where, above all, weakness is frowned upon. But the family is not as secure as it seems.

Foolish business decisions rock its finances; a bitter and public divorce unsettles its stability. And when two of the cousins declare their love for each other, this threatens to destroy the family’s very foundations and reveal a tragic secret that has lain buried for over half a century.

About the Author:

Annabel Dilke was born in London and is a novelist, former BBC journalist and screenwriter. Her work has been shortlisted for the Dennis Potter Award and the Sunday Express Award and selected as Sunday Times 'Pick of the Year'.

She has published five novels though her latest, The Inheritance, is a new direction in her writing. She is widowed, with one daughter, and lives in South London. Her inspiration for The Inheritance and subsequent novels comes from being part of an enormous family mostly based in the West Country.