{"product_id":"9780007105106","title":"The Judgement of Strangers : Book 2","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Taylor, Andrew\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eCrime \u0026amp; mystery\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 5 February 2001 by HarperCollins Publishers (Hemlock Press) in the United Kingdom as part of 'The Roth Trilogy' series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 384 pages\u003cbr\u003e177 x 113 x 24 | 238g\u003cp\u003e‘Complex, with lots of sinister implications… moves the traditional crime novel on to some deeper level of exploration’ Jane Jakeman, Independent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It is 1970. David Byfield, a widowed parish priest with a dark past and a darker future, brings home a new wife to Roth. Throughout the summer, the consequences of the marriage reverberate through a village now submerged in a sprawling London suburb.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Blinded by lust, Byfield is oblivious to the dangers that lie all about him: the menopausal churchwarden with a hopeless passion for her priest; his beautiful, neglected teenage daughter Rosemary; and the sinister presence of Frances Youlgreave – poet, opium addict and suicide – whose power stretches beyond the grave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Soon the murders and blasphemies begin. But does the responsibility lie in the present or the past? And can Byfield, a prisoner of his own passion, break through to the truth before the final tragedy destroys what he most cherishes?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor, Andrew","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52334007845048,"sku":"9780007105106","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9780007105106.jpg?v=1764862837","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9780007105106","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}