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Stranglehold

Originally published as Stranglehold in the U.S. and Only Child in the UK (and later, in the U.S. as well)

Arthur Danse doesn't live by the normal rules. He knows he has been put on earth for a purpose -to show people that the world is a dark and terrible place. To say no to Arthur Danse is to receive a lesson in fear and pain. No matter who you are.

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Wife... lover... stranger... or eight-year-old son... Lydia McCloud is one of life's givers. A nurse whose own hard upbringing gives her a special sympathy for those in need. Lydia doesn't discover the real Arthur until it's far too late. Until she's married to him and their son Robert has become the centre of her world. And she's forced into the battle of her life for the sake of her only child...

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 247 pages

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