Resurrecting Salvador Book

Internationally famous guitarist Salvador is dead, and so is his widow Lydia. Salvador's elderly mother, Madame de la Simarde, seems more concerned about continuing her aristocratic dynasty than with actual grief. At Cambridge, Lydia had three best friends; the fat passionate Rachel, the pretty clever Beth and the cynical bitchy Audrey--alienated from each other for many years, they meet again at her funeral and are amazed by what time has done to them. Invited back for tea with Madame de la Simarde and her sinister servants, at a replica chateau in the wilds of Devon, Beth and Audrey find their departure indefinitely postponed. Clearly there are secrets and clearly the answer to those secrets lies hidden in their shared past ... Jeremy Dronfield's full-bloodedly romantic second thriller is even tricksier than his award-nominated The Locust Farm--and even more effectively sinister. His sense of what it is to be young and in love and in Cambridge, his evocation of how it feels to be a musician and confused about the music you want to play, are passionate and convincing. The switchback ride of suspense and revelation works because Dronfield makes us care about his people. --Roz KaveneyRead More