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Journalists #3
Sextet: Lovers and Liars Trilogy Book III
Journalist Lindsay Drummond is about to re-make her life: she plans to move out of London, change her job, and above all, cure herself of her hopeless love for her unfairly handsome colleague, Rowland McGuire. Deadline day is Hallowe'en - but an encounter then with Rowland's friend, Colin Lascelles, a man much less innocent than he seems, quickly teaches her that the best-laid plans can go delightfully awry...
In New York, actress Natasha Lawrence is also trying to rebuild her life. Pursued by a stalker for the past five years, still bound to her ex-husband, the celebrated film director Tomas Court, she retreats with her son to the precincts of the exclusive - and haunted - Conrad apartment building. But will it provide her with the security she so desperately seeks, and will she and her husband be able to lay to rest the ghosts of their past?
Lindsay's and Natasha's lives become inextricably entangled; when the cast of characters gathers for Thanksgiving at the sinister Conrad building, anything can happen, for romance and retribution, marriage and murder are in the air.
In New York, actress Natasha Lawrence is also trying to rebuild her life. Pursued by a stalker for the past five years, still bound to her ex-husband, the celebrated film director Tomas Court, she retreats with her son to the precincts of the exclusive - and haunted - Conrad apartment building. But will it provide her with the security she so desperately seeks, and will she and her husband be able to lay to rest the ghosts of their past?
Lindsay's and Natasha's lives become inextricably entangled; when the cast of characters gathers for Thanksgiving at the sinister Conrad building, anything can happen, for romance and retribution, marriage and murder are in the air.
- GenresFiction
469 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1997
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About the author
Sally Beauman
42 books167 followersaka Vanessa James
Sally Kinsey-Miles graduated from Girton College, Cambridge (MA in English Literature) She married Christopher Beauman an economist. After graduating, she moved with her husband to the USA, where she lived for three years, first in Washington DC, then New York, and travelled extensively. She began her career as a journalist in America, joining the staff of the newly launched New York magazine, of which she became associate editor, and continued to write for it after her return to England. Interviewed Alan Howard for the Telegraph Magazine in 1970 in an article called 'A Fellow of Most Excellent Fancy'. (Daily Telegraph Supplement, May 29th.) Apparently a very long interview. The following year they met again, and the rest is history. After a long partnership Sally and Alan married in 2004. She has one son, James, and one grandchild.
Sally had a distinguished career as a journalist and critic, winning the Catherine Pakenham Award for her writing, and becoming the youngest-ever editor of Queen magazine (now Harper’s & Queen). She has contributed to many leading newspapers and magazines in both the UK and the USA, including the Daily Telegraph ( from 1970-73 and 1976-8 she was Arts Editor of the Sunday Telegraph Magazine), the Sunday Times, Observer, Vogue, the New York Times and the New Yorker. She also wrote nine Mills & Boon romances under the pseudonym Vanessa James, before publishing her block-buster novel Destiny in 1987 under her real name. It was her article about Daphne du Maurier, commissioned by Tina Brown, and published in The New Yorker in November 1993, which first gave her the idea for writing Rebecca de Winter’s version of events at Manderley – an idea that subsequently became the novel, Rebecca’s Tale. In 2000 she was one of the Whitbread Prize judges for the best novel category.
Sally Kinsey-Miles graduated from Girton College, Cambridge (MA in English Literature) She married Christopher Beauman an economist. After graduating, she moved with her husband to the USA, where she lived for three years, first in Washington DC, then New York, and travelled extensively. She began her career as a journalist in America, joining the staff of the newly launched New York magazine, of which she became associate editor, and continued to write for it after her return to England. Interviewed Alan Howard for the Telegraph Magazine in 1970 in an article called 'A Fellow of Most Excellent Fancy'. (Daily Telegraph Supplement, May 29th.) Apparently a very long interview. The following year they met again, and the rest is history. After a long partnership Sally and Alan married in 2004. She has one son, James, and one grandchild.
Sally had a distinguished career as a journalist and critic, winning the Catherine Pakenham Award for her writing, and becoming the youngest-ever editor of Queen magazine (now Harper’s & Queen). She has contributed to many leading newspapers and magazines in both the UK and the USA, including the Daily Telegraph ( from 1970-73 and 1976-8 she was Arts Editor of the Sunday Telegraph Magazine), the Sunday Times, Observer, Vogue, the New York Times and the New Yorker. She also wrote nine Mills & Boon romances under the pseudonym Vanessa James, before publishing her block-buster novel Destiny in 1987 under her real name. It was her article about Daphne du Maurier, commissioned by Tina Brown, and published in The New Yorker in November 1993, which first gave her the idea for writing Rebecca de Winter’s version of events at Manderley – an idea that subsequently became the novel, Rebecca’s Tale. In 2000 she was one of the Whitbread Prize judges for the best novel category.
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February 15, 2014
It's been a while since I've read a mystery kind of novel and this was very good at that, building up the tension. But it was the characters that make me fell in love with the book. I usually decide right away which character are the good and the bad ones. In this story, however, the characters just didn't stay in the same box I put them. They were constantly changing, lots of secrets were revealed about them which made them loveable in one chapter and an irritating character in the next.
In my view there are two main characters in this book, two male characters who are the exact opposites of each other. One is a funny, lively English man who works for the other who is unapproachable, cold and gave me a chill sometimes.
There was also a love-triangle (in fact, two of them) but one could not decide who was going to end up with whom.
I didn't know this book was the last one in a sequel because it is an independent story with no references to the previous books and a few sentences were enough to guess what had happened before.
This novel is amazing, I finished it in two nights, I even read a few pages if I had a few minutes for myself during the day which I only do with the books I can't put down.
In my view there are two main characters in this book, two male characters who are the exact opposites of each other. One is a funny, lively English man who works for the other who is unapproachable, cold and gave me a chill sometimes.
There was also a love-triangle (in fact, two of them) but one could not decide who was going to end up with whom.
I didn't know this book was the last one in a sequel because it is an independent story with no references to the previous books and a few sentences were enough to guess what had happened before.
This novel is amazing, I finished it in two nights, I even read a few pages if I had a few minutes for myself during the day which I only do with the books I can't put down.
June 29, 2012
The final book
I just want to know more about what happens with Rowland and everyone else.
I totally dislike Gini though she can seem rather manipulative and wants everything her way.
Overall a Good book did get confused and didn't understand half the long words, so had to use a dictionary and was like 'Ahh thats wht that means'.
I just want to know more about what happens with Rowland and everyone else.
I totally dislike Gini though she can seem rather manipulative and wants everything her way.
Overall a Good book did get confused and didn't understand half the long words, so had to use a dictionary and was like 'Ahh thats wht that means'.
November 20, 2009
Quite an out-of-character read for me, but appropriate for a Thailand beach afternoon!
January 27, 2016
I feel bad that once again Rowland got jilted but good read overall
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