"Man kann ihn [den Band] jedem, der wissen möchte, was Soziologie ist und was einen bestenfalls erwartet, wenn man dieses Fach studiert, in die Hand drücken. [...] In wenigen Strichen hat Tyrell [...] ein Bild des Familienkonflikts entworfen, das Scheidungen oder familiäre Gewalt nicht nur als Trend behandelt, der durch Urbanisierung, Frauenerwerbstätigkeit sowie das Familien- und Sozialrecht begünstigt wird. Was an dieser Soziologie passionierter Konflikte beeindruckt, ist, dass es sie als tatsächliches soziales Geschehen in den Familien und nicht nur in den Statistiken ernst nimmt." Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 06.07.2008
When a carriage bearing the Arnifour family crest - a vulture devouring a slaughtered lamb - arrives at the Kensington home of Colin Pendragon, it is an ominous beginning to a perplexing new case. Lady Arnifour's husband has been beaten to death and her niece, Elsbeth, left in a coma. Is the motive passion, revenge, or something even more sinister?
Police suspicions have fallen on the groundskeeper and his son, yet the earl's widow is convinced of their innocence. Even as Colin and his partner, Ethan Pruitt, delve into the muddy history of the Arnifour family, a young street urchin begs their help in finding his missing sister. Ethan, regrettably familiar with London's underbelly, urges caution, yet Colin's interest is piqued. And in a search that wends from the squalid opium dens of the East End to the salons of Embassy Row, the truth about these seemingly disparate cases will prove disquieting, dangerous, and profoundly unexpected....
When a carriage bearing the Arnifour family crest - a vulture devouring a slaughtered lamb - arrives at the Kensington home of Colin Pendragon, it is an ominous beginning to a perplexing new case. Lady Arnifour's husband has been beaten to death and her niece, Elsbeth, left in a coma. Is the motive passion, revenge, or something even more sinister?
Police suspicions have fallen on the groundskeeper and his son, yet the earl's widow is convinced of their innocence. Even as Colin and his partner, Ethan Pruitt, delve into the muddy history of the Arnifour family, a young street urchin begs their help in finding his missing sister. Ethan, regrettably familiar with London's underbelly, urges caution, yet Colin's interest is piqued. And in a search that wends from the squalid opium dens of the East End to the salons of Embassy Row, the truth about these seemingly disparate cases will prove disquieting, dangerous, and profoundly unexpected....
The Arnifour Affair
Editorial Reviews
Product Details
BN ID: | 2940170837519 |
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Publisher: | Recorded Books, LLC |
Publication date: | 10/30/2015 |
Series: | Colin Pendragon , #1 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
Sales rank: | 1,026,896 |