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    The Scent of Fear

    Margaret Yorke

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    She lost her memory - will she lose her life?

    Superb crime fiction from 'A star in our galaxy of crime writers' FINANCIAL TIMES

    'The mistress of unease' DAILY TELEGRAPH

    Mrs Anderson is starting to forget where she has put things, what she has bought, or even eaten. Living alone in a rambling mansion, she is isolated from the town.

    But Mrs Anderson has a visitor. A young man comes every night, through the dining room window. He helps himself to food and money, and has even made himself comfortable in the attic. A young man who enjoys power, he might take over the whole house and make it his. It's a place where no one will think to look for him, where no one will find him - no matter what he's done.

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    Praise for The Scent of Fear

    • The mistress of unease - DAILY TELEGRAPHYorke has an extraordinary feel for the passions that lurk beneath unremarkable facades - SUNDAY TIMESA star in our galaxy of crime writers - FINANCIAL TIMESA superior example of the mounting claustrophobia school of crime writing - THE TIMESA gripping thriller - PUNCHFew authors are better than Margaret Yorke in generating a real sense of fear - SUNDAY TELEGRAPHLike the author, the novels are robust and uncompromising, and displayed sympathy for the underdog ... Yorke practised deception artfully and with style - GUARDIANMistress of the skilfully spun suspense novel - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

    Margaret Yorke

    Margaret Yorke

    Margaret Beda Larminie, or Margaret Yorke as she became, is one of the most renowned and prolific female British mystery authors. During the Second World War she initially worked as a librarian before serving as a driver for the Women's Royal Naval Service. After the end of the war, she returned to literary pursuits, becoming the first woman to work at Christ Church library in Oxford. Yorke's spell here influenced her only serial character, the Shakespeare-loving, Oxford don sleuth Patrick Grant. She was actively involved in the crime writing community, chairing the Crime Writers' Association between 1979 and 1980. Yorke's novels met with great critical success; in 1993 she was awarded the CWA Golden Handcuffs and in 1999 received the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger for an outstanding lifetime contribution to the genre. Her last book was Cause for Concern (2001). She died in 2012.

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