Act of Violence

by Margaret Yorke

Book Overview

A seemingly idyllic English village is shattered by the murderous rampage of two schoolboys, in this chilling tale by the internationally renowned author of "Almost the Truth". This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312185227
• ISBN13: 9780312185220
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Act of violence

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The best Yorke yet offers multiple plotlines and narrators.

This may be Margaret Yorke's best yet! She's getting a bit more daring in her narrative style: including more than one point of view; juggling several stories at once; etc. Unlike many of her novels, this one is not sympathetic to ex-offenders, but it features many of the Yorke hallmarks, including lonely young children, single mothers, and middle-aged women suddenly forced to earn a living. The story is fascinating and the characters great.

A chillingly terrific novel

The worst crime in the small village of Middleburgh and its surrounding towns is an occasional disorderly conduct by someone who imbibed a bit too much. However, everything radically changes when Daniel Stewart is murdered trying to end a schoolboy brawl. The villagers are all shocked, none more so than solicitor Oliver Foxton. The victim's son plans to avenge his father's untimely death. However, none of the eyewitnesses is willing to rat on who are the actual killers. Instead, a tacit agreement of silence has been reached in spite of rising pressure from parents and the local police to reveal what they know. The students are divided between their loyalty to their peers and the horror they have seen committed in front of their eyes. ACT OF VIOLENCE is a typical Margaret Yorke psychological chiller that will elate her myriad of fans. The story line is especially interesting as all the characters wrestle with the dreaded, but seemingly inevitable sit! uation that has descended on the quaint village. Like her previous works (A QUESTION OF BELIEF and ALMOST THE TRUTH), Ms. Yorke's latest tale reveals the conflict between good and evil that resides inside every person. This is a great novel by a master of psychological suspense.Harriet Klausner