Book description
A compelling story of old loves and old secrets.
Sebastian, the fifty-six-year-old patriarch of the Locke clan, is
handsome, charismatic, a man of immense charm and intelligence. He heads
up the philanthropic Locke Foundation, funded by the vast family fortune
built by his forefathers. Committed to relieving the suffering of those
in genuine need, Locke travels the globe, personally giving away
millions a year to the poor, the sick, and the victims of natural
disasters and wars. He is seen as a beacon of light in today's darkly
violent world. That is why the police are so baffled when Sebastian is
found dead in mysterious circumstances. Has he been murdered, and if so
who would want to kill the world's greatest philanthropist? Could such
an upstanding man have enemies?
Vivienne Trent, an American journalist, met Locke as a child, married
him, divorced him, but stayed close to him. Aware that there was another
side to this engimatic man, she sets out to find the truth about his
death and about Locke himself. 'Few novelists are as consummate as
Barbara Taylor Bradford at keeping the reader turning the page. She is
one of the world's best at spinning yarns.' Guardian Barbara Taylor
Bradford was born and raised in England. She started her writing career
on the Yorkshire Evening Post and later worked as a journalist in
London. Her first novel, A Woman of Substance, became an enduring
bestseller and was followed by twenty-three others, including the
bestselling Harte series. In 2006 The Ravenscar Dynasty began an epic
new family series around Ravenscar and the house of Deravenel. Barbara's
books have sold more than eighty-one million copies worldwide in more
than ninety countries and forty languages. In October of 2007, Barbara
was appointed an OBE by the Queen for her services to literature. She
lives in New York City with her husband, television producer Robert
Bradford.
