THE SILK VENDETTA

by Victoria Holt ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 4, 1987

All here and accounted for in the latest Holt period romance: one very bad apple (another offstage); one snotty woman, a clutch of salt-of, the-earth types, a slosh of mystery, scary bits and a case of murder, as well as, here, a dollop or two about the silk business in Victorian England. Lenore Cleremont, although living in the mansion of the wealthy silk merchant family of Sallonger (a feuding branch of a famous French silk dynasty), is a mere bastard (mother dead at her birth, father apparently unknown); but Lenore's grandmother, a designer, toiling regally upstairs, is necessary to the Sallongers. Lenore will, as a result, marry nice Philip Sallonger, who will succumb to a second murder attempt (Philip's death is called a suicide, but Lenore knows better). Drake, who once had rescued Lenore from the nasty attention of mean Charles Sallonger, loves Lenore, but Charles' greedy sister Julie tricks him into another marriage. Then on a visit to the ancestral village in France, Lenore will meet Gaston de la Tour (""His nose was what I call aggressive"") and there's Attraction. Julie is poisoned and Drake is free. Who did in Julie and who will get the nod from Lenore? Absolutely pro--for the following.

Pub Date: Sept. 4, 1987

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Doubleday

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1987

Categories: FICTION