In this compelling novel a cross between Lady Chatterleys Lover and TheAviator the acclaimed modern master takes us to riveting new territory. Partlove story ... » 

In this compelling novel a cross between Lady Chatterleys Lover and TheAviator the acclaimed modern master takes us to riveting new territory. Partlove story part murder mystery Russell Bankss The Reserve is as gripping asit is beautifully written set in a preWWII world of class politics artlove and madness. Vanessa Cole is a stunningly beautiful and wild heiress herparents adopted only daughter. Twicemarried she has been scandalously linkedto rich and famous men. On the night of July 4 1936 inside the Cole familysremote Adirondack Mountain enclave known as the Reserve Vanessa will lose herfather to a heart attack and meet Jordan Groves a seductively carefree localartist whose leftist political loyalties to his working class neighbours areundercut by his wealth and his clientele. Jordan is easy prey for Vanessaselectrifying charm. But the heiress carries a dark family secret. Unhinged byher fathers unexpected death she begins to spin out of control manipulatingand destroying the lives of all who cross her path. Moving from the secludedbeauty of the Adirondacks to wartorn Spain and fascist Germany filled withcharacters that pierce the heart The Reserve is a passionately romantic novelof suspense and drama that adds a new dimension to this acclaimed authorsextraordinary repertoire. From the Hardcover edition. «