The Tightrope Walkers

The Threaded Dances #4

by Daphne Wright

'I found it very compelling... it really is a marvellous read.' - JOANNA TROLLOPE. It is 1968 and Flixe Suvarov, recently widowed, is struggling to come to terms with her new life. Andrew, her elder son, has fallen in love with her goddaughter, Amanda. But Amanda is involved with people whose backgrounds are intimately - and unhappily - linked with those of her mother, Julia, and Flixe. They have no idea just how intimate Amanda has become with her new friends - and Amanda cannot even guess how their past could damage her future. It is only as Flixe finds her own life miraculously transformed that she begins to understand what threatens them all...

544 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1996

About the author

Daphne Wright is a historical novelist with a special interest in the way wars have liberated women. Born in London, she worked in publishing for ten years before becoming a writer. After six historical novels, she turned to crime under the pseudonym of Natasha Cooper. She now divides her time between the city and the Somerset Levels.