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A Pleasure and a Calling (Hardback)
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A Pleasure and a Calling (Hardback)

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Hardback 288 Pages
Published: 27/02/2014

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You won't remember Mr Heming. He showed you round your comfortable home, suggested a sustainable financial package, negotiated a price with the owner and called you with the good news. The less good news is that, all these years later, he still has the key. That's absurd, you laugh. Of all the many hundreds of houses he has sold, why would he still have the key to mine? The answer to that is, he has the keys to them all. William Heming's every pleasure is in his leafy community. He loves and knows every inch of it, feels nurtured by it, and would defend it - perhaps not with his life but if it came to it, with yours...

Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 9780857521880
Number of pages: 288
Weight: 478 g
Dimensions: 157 x 222 x 26 mm

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“Creepily brilliant”

Creepy seems to be the word that comes up most often in discussions of this book, and it may well be that it is a word that I use here too. Reading this gave me a real 'One Hour Photo' vibe, and in fact I... More

Hardback edition
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“So creepy you'll want to change the locks.”

An obsessive and nosy estate agent with a troubled past keeps the keys to the houses he's sold. His breaking and entering soon escalates disturbingly when he falls in love with a young woman. A gripping and... More

Hardback edition
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“Chilling and thrilling!”

Wow! I hardly ever use that word in my reviews but here I feel it is warranted. I am starting to think that the creepier and more horrific the book, the higher my praise usually is for it! These sort of books could be... More

Paperback edition
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