False Pretenses Mass market paperbound - 2004
by Catherine Coulter
Repackaged and updated for her ever-growing legion of fans, "False Pretenses" represents Coulter's first foray into contemporary suspense. A concert pianist is living a perfect life until she is accused of murdering her husband, an international business tycoon. She is cleared by a surprise witness, but things grow complicated when three mysterious men appear in her life.
Summary
First published in 1988, False Pretenses is the explosive story of how one woman survives the destruction of her perfect life?and the intentions of three mysterious men.
First line
The reporter shoved the microphone into her face.
From the rear cover
Dear Reader:
False Pretenses was not only my first contemporary suspense novel, but was also my first hardcover, published in October 1988. It came out the following May in paperback. We've given it a stylishly menacing new cover, and I'm happy to say that the novel didn't need any rewriting, just some updating.
Meet Elizabeth Carleton, a fascinating woman who is not only a famous concert pianist, but is also married to a wealthy international business tycoon, Timothy Carleton. She is the envy of all until her perfect life falls apart literally in a heartbeat: Timothy Carleton is stabbed in the chest with an ice pick and Elizabeth is accused of his murder.Things rapidly go from bad to worse until a surprise witness appears to give her an airtight alibi. The jury finds her not guilty.
The only thing is: She's never met the man who testified on her behalf. What does he want? There is also her late husband's family, who are out to destroy her. On top of everything else, Elizabeth is expected to take over the financial empire her husband left behind.Then three men suddenly appear in her life. Can she trust any of them? Or is one of them a murderer?
Catherine Coulter
Details
- Title False Pretenses
- Author Catherine Coulter
- Binding Mass Market Paperbound
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 400
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Berkley Books, Bergenfield, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date September 7, 2004
- ISBN 9780451199683 / 0451199685
- Weight 0.42 lbs (0.19 kg)
- Dimensions 6.75 x 4.17 x 1.07 in (17.15 x 10.59 x 2.72 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
- Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
- Demographic Orientation: Urban
- Geographic Orientation: New York
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Romantic suspense fiction, Widows
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003576799
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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