Some of the seemingly happiest families have the darkest secrets... A superbly tense thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of SUNBURN and LADY IN THE LAKE. Natalie Rubin, middle-class Jewish wife and mother, has vanished. Worse, she has taken her three children with her. Her husband, Mark, is devastated. He loves her; and he thought she was happy. So he approaches Tess to trace her. At first Tess is wary. She doesn't like getting involved in domestic disputes, and Mark's love for his wife seems to contain a ...
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Some of the seemingly happiest families have the darkest secrets... A superbly tense thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of SUNBURN and LADY IN THE LAKE. Natalie Rubin, middle-class Jewish wife and mother, has vanished. Worse, she has taken her three children with her. Her husband, Mark, is devastated. He loves her; and he thought she was happy. So he approaches Tess to trace her. At first Tess is wary. She doesn't like getting involved in domestic disputes, and Mark's love for his wife seems to contain a disturbing desire to control her. Did he drive her away? Did he perhaps kill her? But as Tess pursues her quest for Natalie, she discovers a woman with a mysterious past, a man whose values will challenge her own, and a family that knows how to keep its secrets ... BY A SPIDER'S THREAD is part tense thriller and part all-too-human drama about what families do to each other.
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Add this copy of By a Spider's Thread to cart. $4.99, good condition, Sold by Brit Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Milton Keynes, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2005 by Orion.
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In this 8th outing of Tess Monaghan, she is hired to find a man?s wife and three children. Mark Rubin tells Tess that he has a perfect marriage. Tess doubts this ? in a perfect marriage, why would a wife flee?
Mark has already been to the police, who blew him off because it is obvious that Natalie left by choice. Mark is a problem; he rigid and controlling. At first Tess looks upon Mark as the reason Natalie left. As she gets to know him, Tess realizes there are reasons for Mark doing the things he did in relation to Natalie. However, she learns quickly that Mark is not being totally truthful with her. Why?
Tess turns her attention to the beautiful Natalie ? 12 years younger than her rich, charming and successful husband. The more Tess digs, the stranger the story becomes. It soon becomes clear that Natalie didn?t just decide one day to leave.
Isaac Rubin, the eldest child, is resourceful and clever. He wants to get back to his father and is constantly looking for ways to let his father know where he is.
Crow, Tess? significant other, is not in this book; he?s with his parents ? his mother is having chemotherapy for breast cancer.
This is a very satisfying mystery. All of the characters are well-developed and there?s a steady stream of action. Tess is also using her network of female investigators to good advantage. This Internet connection adds an interesting twist to Lippman?s book.
philip n
Mar 10, 2011
you DEMAND a reviewhere is ALL YOU GET.the book was ok
laughingdog
Sep 13, 2007
my favorite
I was introduced to "Tess Monaghan" (and Laura Lippman) this past summer. "By a Spider's Thread" is my favorite. The literary references are always fun, and I particularly appreciate the layered characters and family relationships.
