SpletA Stylist Best New Fiction of 2024 Selection, this stunning 1950s set debut mystery is a perfect summer read.'A remarkably assured debut. A tale of inequality, broken dreams and quiet desperation behind a picture-perfect facade' Guardian'A clever and absorbing debut by Inga Vesper, who bricks Joyce up in her perfect house, then smashes it to pieces with … Splet23. feb. 2024 · When the hired black help, Ruby Wright, arrives one hot afternoon, she discovers Mrs Haney’s little girls seemingly abandoned and crying, and there’s blood on …
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SpletYesterday, I kissed my husband for the last time. It's the summer of 1959, and the well-trimmed lawns of Sunnylakes, California, wilt under the sun. And at some point during the long, long afternoon, Joyce Haney vanishes from her home. Ruby Wight arrives for work at Sunnylakes that day expecting the usual: chores she despises; sore joints; prejudice from … Splet16. feb. 2024 · Yesterday, I kissed my husband for the last time . . . It's the summer of 1959, and the well-trimmed lawns of Sunnylakes, California, wilt under the sun. At some point during the long, long afternoon, Joyce Haney, wife, mother, vanishes from her home, leaving behind two terrified children and a bloodstain on the kitchen floor. While the Haney's … hanging cameras from tall ceilings
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SpletVesper paints a vivid picture of Joyce Haney and the darkness that lurks behind her picture-perfect life. But as much as it is about solving the crime, The Long, Long Afternoon is also about Ruby Wright, her dreams and ambitions, and all the things that stand in her way as a black woman in the fifties. Splet02. feb. 2024 · The Long, Long Afternoon audiobook (Unabridged) ∣ The captivating mystery for fans of Small Pleasures and Mad Men By Inga Vesper Format audiobook Edition Unabridged ISBN 9781838772291 Author Narrator Adam Barr Publisher Bonnier Publishing Fiction Release 02 February 2024 Subjects Fiction Mystery Thriller Historical … Splet19. feb. 2024 · Inga Vesper’s remarkably assured debut, The Long, Long Afternoon (Manilla, £14.99), takes us into Stepford Wives territory: the California suburb of Sunnylakes in 1959, where housewives have to ... hanging candle chandelier outdoor