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Lying Low |
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| Book: Paperback | 5.39 x 7.99in | 288 pages | ISBN 9780452279452 | 01 Apr 1998 | Plume | 18 - AND UP |
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A National Book Award finalist, this novel relates the events of four crucial days in the lives of four people sharing a rambling Victorian house, "lying low" and harboring secrets not meant to be shared. Theo Wait, a middle-aged former ballet dancer, and her brother, Anton, have taken in two boarders: beautiful Lynn, who never receives mail or visitors; and energetic and effusive Ouida, a Brazilian student and illegal alien who won't let complicated bureaucratic wrangles and constant fear of deportation taint her vision of America as the land of opportunity.
A faked identity, a search for one of the FBI's most wanted escaped prison convicts, and a Brazilian feast that spins out of control kick the plot into high gear. While each of these characters has been plagued by a sense of impending disaster, the terrible thing they've all been fearing comes from an entirely unexpected direction, shattering all of their lives.
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Mystery & Suspense
Criminal Minds: Finishing School
Max Allan Collins
Read an excerpt from Edgar® Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Max Allan Collins' Criminal Minds: Finishing School in our Mystery & Suspense special interest area.
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