Book description
A mysterious, tragic accident in the 1950s; an inexplicable suicide
twenty years later. What was the strange link between the two - and
Caroline Hunterton's long-buried past? A secret which could not be kept
for ever, especially from her two daughters, Chloe and Fleur. Fate had
separated the sisters in time and distance - but bound them in mutual
hatred - until journalist Magnus Phillips decided to tell the story that
would tear their lives apart. Moving from wartime Suffolk to fifties
Hollywood, from glitzy Madison Avenue to London's theatrical aristocracy
and the machinations of cheque-book publishing, An Outrageous
Affair explores the extraordinary, sometimes fatal, consequences of
truth. 'Penny Vincenzi is a supreme stylist and clever writer. Reading
her is an addictive experience' -- Elizabeth Buchan 'A super read that
will keep you guessing right until the end' -- Company 'The literary
equivalent of a huge box of beautiful hand-made chocolate truffles - a
total indulgence' -- Ideal Home Penny Vincenzi is one of the UK's
best-loved and most popular authors. Since her first novel, Old Sins,
was published in 1989, she has written fourteen bestselling novels, most
recently The Best of Times and the number one bestseller An Absolute
Scandal.
Her first 'proper' job was at the Harrods Library, aged sixteen, after
which she went to secretarial college. She joined the Mirror and later
became a journalist, writing for The Times, the Daily Mail and
Cosmopolitan amongst many others, before turning to fiction. Several
years later, over seven million copies of Penny's books have been sold
worldwide and she is universally held to be the 'doyenne of the modern
blockbuster' (Glamour).
Penny Vincenzi has four daughters, and divides her time between London
and Gower, South Wales.
