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Loading... Skulptrisen (original 1993; edition 1995)by Minette Walters
Work InformationThe Sculptress by Minette Walters (1993)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A disappointment that started off well but was derailed by having two key characters both wearing wigs and a completely unconvincing subplot. ( ) Olive Martin sitzt wegen einer grausamen Tat im Gefängnis: Sie hat zugegeben, ihre Mutter und ihre Schwester ermordet und dann zerstückelt zu haben. Unter ihren Mitgefangenen ist Olive wegen ihrer Ausbrüche gefürchtet, und ihre Beschäftigung mit Knetpuppen, in die sie Nadeln sticht, hat ihr die Bezeichnung „Die Bildhauerin“ eingetragen. Die Journalistin Rosalind Leigh ist gewarnt, als sie das Gefängnis betritt, um Olive zu treffen. Doch schnell stößt sie auf eine Reihe von Ungereimtheiten, und die beiden Frauen begeben sich auf eine gefährliche Reise in die Vergangenheit ... Crackling-good mystery, one of the best I've ever read! In early 1990's England author Roz Leigh investigates the gruesome murders of a mother and daughter six years before. All the journalists' "W's" have been answered except WHY the murders were committed. So at the behest of her boss, Roz sets out to find motivation. She plans to write a book on this case. Why did the murderess, Olive Martin, confess so quickly? Roz finds inconsistencies and niggling questions. She sets out to prove the girl's innocence and that Olive has been wrongly imprisoned, with the aid of a retired policeman turned restauranteur. I liked the psychological aspect, revealed gradually through Roz's interviews for her book. "The Sculptress" is a nickname for Olive in prison because of Olive's habit of molding clay figures--possibly for voodoo? Highly recommended.
...the assured British stylist doesn't let up on her sensitive probing of these two tortured psyches. And in the end, it's the women's friendship, not their weirdness, that makes this story hard to put down. Is abridged inAwardsDistinctions
This Picador Classic edition of Minette Walters' The Sculptress features an introduction by Stephanie Merritt, journalist and author of While You Sleep. 'It was a slaughterhouse, the most horrific scene I have ever witnessed . . . Olive Martin is a dangerous woman. I advise you to be extremely wary in your dealings with her.' The facts of the case were simple: Olive Martin had pleaded guilty to killing and dismembering her sister and mother, earning herself the chilling nickname 'The Sculptress'. Journalist Rosalind Leigh knew this much before her first meeting with Olive, currently serving a life sentence. How could Roz have foreseen that the encounter was destined to change her life - for ever? No library descriptions found. |
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