false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170391808m/52619.jpg 52619 7 It is a golden evening of high summer.  Walking a ridge on the Welsh Borders, Robin Timariot meets by chance an elegant middle-aged woman who seems strangely out of place.  They exchange only a few words, but those words prove to be unforgettable.  A few days later Timariot learns from the newpapers that, just hours after their meeting, the woman was raped and murdered.<br><br>A man is swiftly charged and convicted of the crime, but a string of inexplicable events begins to convince Timariot that all is not what it seems.  Fascinated by the dead woman's memory, he is sucked into the complex motives and tortured relationships of her family and friends, searching against his better judgemnt for the secret of what really happened the day she died.<br><br>The closer he gets to the truth, the more hideous and uncertain it seems to be.  And far too late he realizes that anybody who uncovers it is unlikely to be allowed to live.<br><br><br><i>From the Paperback edition.</i> 1845176 1995 Borrowed Time total:79|5:10|4:26|3:34|2:8|1:1| 79 273 111 10 4 2 false false Tue Jun 24 05:30:49 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 05:32:34 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 22:14:11 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 15:31:25 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Fri Jan 25 08:50:56 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 25 08:50:56 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 06:35:13 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 13:40:24 -0700 2009 However this time I was less than convinced. I found the characters, especially Robin, shallow and underdeveloped. I could not find any explanation for Robin's obsession for a woman with whom he only ever exchan...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 11:30:27 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 11:35:13 -0800 2009 4 1 false false Thu Jan 15 10:54:08 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 10:54:30 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Fri Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 21:18:54 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 21:18:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 16:00:18 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 20:10:37 -0700 2009
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