PRESENCE OF MIND a gripping British crime mystery full of twists
1994
First Published
4.18
Average Rating
227
Number of Pages
Ann Tenby has always accepted her role as second best in her husband’s life. Lance’s heart still belongs to his college sweetheart, dead these twenty years, and his love is now split between his career as an artist and Briony, Ann’s daughter from her first marriage.Lance and Briony are inseparable, and Ann watches their relationship from the sidelines. Briony starts to show an interest in Lance’s art, particularly Eternal Spring – the haunting painting that kick-started his brilliant career.Briony can’t get enough of the painting, and sometimes spends hours gazing at it above the mantelpiece.But there’s just something about it that Ann doesn’t like.When Briony begins to have regular headaches and mysterious blackouts, Ann is naturally concerned.But when Briony disappears for days and later has no memory of what happened, Ann suspects something might be seriously wrong with her daughter.After exhausting every possibility with doctors, in desperation Ann turns to a psychiatrist.But he too is baffled by Briony’s strange symptoms.As Briony’s condition worsens and puts a massive strain on Ann and Lance’s already fragile marriage, Ann must take matters into her own hands.Will her daughter – and her marriage – get through this intact?Or will Ann’s decision cost her everything she holds dear?‘Presence of Mind’ is a haunting page-turner that delves into the darkest enigmas of psychiatry. Praise for Anthea ‘A superbly crafted, riveting, page-turner of a read’ – Booklist.‘A well-mannered, well-plotted and well-told story’ - Birmingham Post.‘Sympathetic, well-executed book, in which full attention is paid to human feelings and failings’ - Yorkshire Post.ANTHEA FRASER has written all her life but did not begin to take it seriously until after marriage, when she found herself at home with two small daughters and embarked on a correspondence course with the London School of Journalism. She wrote short stories before turning to novels of the supernatural, and then to crime. Her other books include ‘The Seven Stars’, ‘The Ten Commandments’ and ‘One is One and All Alone’.
Avg Rating
4.18
Number of Ratings
76
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Author
Anthea Fraser
Author · 47 books
aka Vanessa Graham
