The Echo
By (Author) Minette Walters
Allen & Unwin
Allen & Unwin
1st February 2006
Australia
General
Fiction
823.914
Paperback
352
Width 110mm, Height 180mm
300g
Who was Billy Blake - an alcoholic vagrant who quoted poetry and preached redemption - and why did he die Mike Deacon, a cynical, somewhat discredited journalist, wants to know. He's intrigued by both Blake's death - could anyone really die of starvation in one of the wealthiest districts in London - and by the beautiful woman who found him, Amanda Powell. Amanda Powell avoided the press then - why is she now obsessed by Blake and his life Deacon begins his own investigation to find out if her interest could possibly be connected to her merchant-banker husband who absconded abroad with 10 million pounds, five years ago. He has not been seen since then, yet she has all the trappings of a very rich woman.
The acclaimed author of nine international bestsellers, Walters has established herself as one of today's leading crime writers. Most of her previous novels have been made into television mini-series. She lives with her husband and two children in Dorset, England.