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A Sight for sore eyes [a novel]

A child witnesses the murder of her mother. A fading beauty seeks to alleviate the boredom of her marriage to an older man. A boy discovers that killing is an easy way to get what he wants. When the lives of these three people converge, the effect is surprising, harrowing, and unforgettable.

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  • "Two damaged children: a boy, whom no one loved, and a girl, who was discovered sitting by the body of her mother; the children grow up in different ways, he became a handsome young man, and she was beautiful-a sight for sore ayes, but it was death that brought them together."
  • "A child witnesses the murder of her mother. A fading beauty seeks to alleviate the boredom of her marriage to an older man. A boy discovers that killing is an easy way to get what he wants. When the lives of these three people converge, the effect is surprising, harrowing, and unforgettable."@en
  • "A child who witnesses the murder of her mother, Harriet, an aging beauty who seeks to alleviate the boredom of her marriage to an older man, and a boy who discovers that killing is an easy way to get what he wants, find their lives converging."@en
  • "Francine, a child, has been scolded and sent to her room. Peeking downstairs she witnesses the brutal killing of her mother. The experience has left her mute; it will be nine months until Francine can speak and she is unable to identify the killer. Harriet, an aging beauty, scans the local newspapers for handymen to perform odd jobs around the house, including services in the bedroom. A boy, Teddy, born to barely socialized parents, grows into a physically beautiful but sociopathic young man."
  • "A young woman who witnessed the murder of her mother, a fading beauty who seeks to alleviate the boredom of her marriage to an older man, and a young man who discovers that killing is an easy way to get what he wants, find their lives converge."@en
  • "A girl witnesses her Mother's murder, an aging beauty looks for relief from a boredom, and a handsome young man discovers killing gets him what he wants, and when their lives converge the results are unforgettable."@en
  • "A child witnesses the murder of her mother. A fading beauty seeks to alleviate the boredom of her marriage to an older man. A boy discovers that killing is an easy way to get what he wants. When the lives of these three people converge, the effect is surprising, harrowing, and unforgettable.--"@en
  • "Two damaged children: Teddy Brex, whom no-one loved, and so found it easier to relate to objects or things which never let him down; and Francine Hill, who was discovered sitting by the body of her mother, her skirt red with blood. She couldn't tell the police or her father anything to help track down the killer ... Children grow up in different ways. Teddy became a handsome young man, Francine was beautiful - a sight for sore eyes. But it was death that brought them together ..."@en
  • "A child who witnesses the murder of her mother, a fading beauty who seeks to alleviate the boredom of her marriage to an older man, and a boy who discovers that killing is an easy way to get what he wants, find their lives converge."
  • "A child who witnesses the murder of her mother, a fading beauty who seeks to alleviate the boredom of her marriage to an older man, and a boy who discovers that killing is an easy way to get what he wants, find their lives converge."@en

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  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "Audiobooks, Fiction"@en
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  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Fiction"
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  • "A sigt for sore eyes"
  • "A Sight for sore eyes [a novel]"@en
  • "A sight for sore eyes [sound recording]"
  • "A sight for sore eyes"
  • "A sight for sore eyes"@en

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