A Moment of Madness

by Hilary Bonner

When rock idol Scott Silver is found murdered, the prime suspect lies dead next to him. For Silver's killer broke into his mansion home on the South Devon coast and it appears that the rock star's mesmerising widow Angle killed the intruder in self defence. However, gradually an intense and complex tale of intrigue and deception evolves. Local paper journalist John Kelly, a man with a past which still haunts him, begins to investigate. Soon, he finds himself falling under the spell of the beautiful but dangerous Angel. Kelly becomes embroiled in a sexual obsession so overwhelming that it threatens to destoy him. Yet, he continues to seek the truth about the night two men died a brutal death...

400 pages, Paperback

First published March 7, 2002

About the author

Hilary Bonner is an English crime novelist, best known for her psychological thrillers.

Almost all Bonner’s novels are inspired by real life events, often drawing on her journalistic past with The Sun, The Mail on Sunday, and Daily Mirror. The Times described her as ‘keeping on the public agenda the stories our masters would prefer buried.’

She shares her life with her partner, the actress Amanda Barrie, and, with their dog Coco. She divides her time between her house in rural Somerset and her flat at the heart of Covent Garden.

Reviews

[Maggie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoying the series overall this was not as gripping as some of the others but worth a read.

[Judith Letley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found it hard going in places to keep my interest. You could see certain things happening, but a few twists and turns at the end of the book made up for it.

[Sandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good murderer/thriller,it held my attention very well. Good twist at the end.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great story and I really did not see the end coming, kudos to the author for that as it was a fantastic twist. It is not your average crime story as the main character is a journalist who tries to figure out the truth about a crime but by times the crime seemed to take a back seat to the exploration of his relationships with various people. There is quite a lot of sex in this book and I found it too much by times so if you are easily offended then this book is definitely not for you. I kept going because it was an exploration of an addictive personality which I found intriguing. I'm not an addict but have close connections to a number of alcoholics and have known a few drug addicts and I found the author captured the personality of an addict so perfectly that despite all the horrible things he did I was still rooting for him. THe best part of the book was the totally unexpected but absolutely brilliantly conceived ending!

[Suzanne · Rating 1 out of 5]

The fact that nobody (among the first 20 or so who have rated this book) has written a review gives the lie to the type of book this is - not worth a second thought. I am only doing so to make the point that it might (very) occasionally be worth reading a book as pedestrian as this one to really make one appreciate the qualities of good writing.

[JenniferB · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good suspense but characters not sympathetic and not really believable. Journalistic in style (written by an ex journalist).