Deadly Sins

by Nicholas Coleridge

Miles Hunter is the handsome, confident and hugely successful Chairman of Hunter Public Relations, one of the top consultancies in the country. Miles is a man who enjoys many things: entertaining (at his vast Cotswold manor or his posh Notting Hill stucco), hunting (pheasants, women and new clients) and a dash of danger - whether in the boardroom, bedroom or the Cresta Run at St Moritz.A rollercoaster ride across generations, continents and class, Nicholas Coleridge's delicious new blockbuster is packed with scandal, glamour and devilishly sharp social observation. Have you heard the one about the air hostess, the call girl and the peer of the realm? You will do soon...

Genres: Fiction

544 pages, Paperback

First published April 30, 2009

About the author

Nicholas David Coleridge CBE is the Managing Director of the magazine publishing house Condé Nast in Britain. He was awarded the 1982 prize for British Press Awards Young Journalist of the Year when he was a columnist at the Evening Standard, and the Mark Boxer Lifetime Achievement Award for magazine journalism by the British Society of Magazine Editors in 2001.

He has written twelve books, both fiction and non-fiction, based largely upon either his professional life (The Fashion Conspiracy, Paper Tigers, With Friends Like These) or social novels (Godchildren, A Much Married Man, "Deadly Sins"). He has been Chairman of the PPA - the magazine publishers' association - and Chairman of the British Fashion Council. He was founding Chairman of Fashion Rocks, the fashion and rock music annual extravaganza, which has raised more than £3 million to date for the Prince's Trust charity. He was on the Advisory Board for the Concert for Diana, Wembley Stadium 2007. He has been a member of the Council of the Royal College of Art, and a member of the Trading Board of the Prince's Trust and is Deputy Chairman of The Campaign for Wool, 2009-. He is a Director of PressBof, the parent organisation of the Press Complaints Commission. As a journalist, he has been an irregular contributor to the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, The Spectator and the Financial Times.

He is the great-great-great-great-great nephew of the poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge where he studied Theology and History of Art.

He is married to the author and children's book reviewer Georgia Metcalfe. His enthusiasms include India and Indian art, gardening, sunbathing, hillwalking and photography.

Reviews

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

An ok read, on the whole I enjoyed it, but it didn't blow me away.

Average.

Three stars.

[Gu Gu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Çok uzun zamandır okumadığım türde bir kitap. Zekice yazılmış son derece keyifli bir hikaye. Aslında iyi bir aileden gelen, düzgün olması gereken, ama içi fesat ve kötü bir adamın, dört çocuğu ve karısına dünyayı zehir edişinden öte, iş adamlığında da entrika ve yalanla işleri götürmesi. Ve kendine en büyük düşman olarak bellediği Ross Craig ve ailesiyle ölümüne uğraşması, ama bu takıklığın zaman içinde sadece kendisine zarar vermesi. Yıllara yayılan hikaye içinde çeşit çeşit karakterlere sahip çocuklar, kocalarını bırakan kadınlar, yeni hayatlar kuran metresler, para uğruna kendini satanlar, hepsini görmek mümkün. Yazarın okuduğum ilk kitabı, devam etmek isterim doğrusu.

[Annie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good read, quite enjoyed reading this an took me few days.

[Alison · Rating 3 out of 5]

An unusual book. For me the story itself wasn't the attraction. That was amusing. What was gripping was the commentary on society and human behaviour - observations around classism, stereotyping, how we may change for better or worse, the deadly sins of the title, opportunism, authenticity or lack thereof. The author exposes the shallowness of the lives led by many.

[Beverly Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

Superb

Once started, couldn’t put it down. Sad it had to end. More of the same please ..". And thanks for giving me hours and hours of reading pleasure

[Adeline Kam · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't know what to comment about this book. The story is very lengthy...it took me about 2 weeks to finish reading it. The plot is good, the characters are interesting. It's a story of power & revenge. Overall not a bad book to read. Just too lengthy.

[Teryl · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found it a bit old fashioned and the characters rather flat. I also think he should have set the start date (maybe I missed it).

[Grace · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was like Jilly Cooper meets Jeffrey Archer and for me was absorbing. It was a great read and I was thoroughly entertained by this.

[Beatrix · Rating 1 out of 5]

boring boring boring. skipped most part of the book and read the ending just for the sake of completing the story.