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Nora Kelly
Nora Kelly
Old WoundsOld Wounds Newpbk 06 Apr 99
About the Author (Photo by Bill Jeffries)
Bibliography


New Paperback - HarperCollins (1999)
First British Edition HarperCollins (1998)
Old Wounds
Returning to her childhood home on a year's sabbatical in order to care for her aged mother, historian Gillian Adams expects to see little in the way of excitement. The sleepy rural campus of Stanford University, though situated within easy reach of New York, has somehow escaped the violence which plagues the big city ... Until the body of a young female student is discovered on a lonely stretch of country road.
Even more shocking than the murder itself are the revelations which follow. Incriminating nude photographs and evidence of a string of affairs with married men prompt the police to conclude that the dead girl had been leading a bizarre double life.
As the murder hunt gains momentum the town finds itself in the grip of a maelstrom, with more than one of Gillian's childhood friends - and enemies - being sucked into the investigation. Can it be that one of them is the killer?
Like Nora Kelly's previous Gillian Adams novels, Bad Chemistry and In the Shadow of Kings, this intelligent mystery transcends the genre with its moving portrayal of complex characters embroiled in a chilling intrigue.

'It's wonderful to read a crime novel that treats its readers, and its characters, like real people' ham & High
'A refreshing change from the high-intensity blood-letting of many modern mysteries… Nora Kelly writes intelligent, literate mysteries' Sunday Telegraph
'Kelly is as stunning on the evocative geography of workplaces as she is at dry, educated repartee. A chilling intrigue, which shrewdly examines professional jealousies and warped psychologies." John Coleman, Sunday Times (Bad Chemistry)
'Good strong characters and a well-depicted Cambridge background' Tim Binyon, Times Literary Supplement (In The Shadow of King's)
'Suspicions are neatly divided and there's a plausible line in academic rascality' Matthew Coady, Guardian (In The Shadow of King's)
'Intelligently conceived academic mystery… timely and literate' New York Times (My Sister's Keeper)
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About The Author
Nora Kelly was born in the United States in 1945. She grew up in Jersey and spent summers on Cape Cod. She now divides her time between Cambridge and Vancouver. She teaches part-time and is at work on her new novel. She had one son.
She has written four crime novels featuring Gillian Adams.

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Bibliography
N.B. dates and publishers in dark red indicate British First Editions. Dates and publishers in black indicate recent reprints.

  • Old Wounds (HarperCollins, 1998) New HarperCollins Pbk Apr 99 (Gillian Adams)
  • Bad Chemistry (HarperCollins) (Gillian Adams)
  • My Sister's Keeper (HarperCollins) (Gillian Adams)
  • In the Shadow of King's (HarperCollins) (Gillian Adams)

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