The Snakes

Informationen zum Autor Sadie Jones is the critically acclaimed author of six novels. Her first, The Outcast, won the Costa First Novel Award, was shortlisted for the Orange Prize, and was a Richard and Judy Number One bestseller. Her second, Small Wars, 2009, was longlisted for the Orange Prize. The Uninvited Guests, was published in 2010. Also a screenwriter, Sadie adapted The Outcast for BBC Television in 2014, directed by Iain Softley and starring George Mackay. Her fourth novel, Fallout, came out the same year, and her fifth, The Snakes in 2019. Her sixth novel, Amy and Lan, was published in July 2022. Sadie is the daughter of the Jamaican screenwriter, novelist and poet, Evan Jones, and British actress, Joanna Jones. She was born and brought up in London, and is married to the architect, Tim Boyd. Klappentext A recently married couple go to visit the wife's brother's hotel in France, only to find the place dilapidated and the brother's only guests a nest of snakes. The siblings' parents make a surprise appearance, causing secrets to rise to the surface and a tragedy to occur. From the author of "The Outcast". Zusammenfassung READ THE TENSE TWIST-FILLED RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK FOR SPRING 2020 FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE OUTCAST. Family secrets can be deadly…Newly-weds Dan and Bea decide to escape London.

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Sadie Jones is such an enjoyable novelist to spend time with. Her books are so easy to read, while each sentence is rich in meaty observation... Elegantly atmospheric... The Snakes left me breathless Claire Allfree Daily Mail

Product details

• Authors: Sadie Jones, Jones Sadie
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9781784708825
• ISBN: 978-1-78470-882-5
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 27 mm
• Series: 201 POCHE
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Family Life / General, France, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION / Thrillers / Domestic, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, Narrative theme: Interior life, Family life fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945), Burgundy