Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner
Act of Violence
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Margaret Yorke
Class/Genre: Mystery Psychological Suspense
St. Martin's, Aug 1998, $22.95, 282 pp.
The worst crime in the small village of Middleburgh and its surrounding towns is an occasional disorderly conduct by someone who imbibed a bit too much. However, everything radically changes when Daniel Stewart is murdered trying to end a schoolboy brawl. The villagers are all shocked, none more so than solicitor Oliver Foxton. The victim's son plans to avenge his father's untimely death.
However, none of the eyewitnesses is willing to rat on who are the actual killers. Instead, a tacit agreement of silence has been reached in spite of rising pressure from parents and the local police to reveal what they know. The students are divided between their loyalty to their peers and the horror they have seen committed in front of their eyes.
ACT OF VIOLENCE is a typical Margaret Yorke psychological chiller that will elate her myriad of fans. The story line is especially interesting as all the characters wrestle with the dreaded, but seemingly inevitable situation that has descended on the quaint village. Like her previous works (A QUESTION OF BELIEF and ALMOST THE TRUTH), Ms. Yorke's latest tale reveals the conflict between good and evil that resides inside every person. This is a great novel by a master of psychological suspense.
Harriet Klausner
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