Apple Tree Yard

from pgchuis

The novel opens with Yvonne on trial at the Old Bailey and being questioned by her co-defendant's barrister. All we really know at this stage is that she has been having an affair. The story of the period leading up to the trial is (very) gradually revealed and is interspersed with scenes set in ...

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I have mixed feelings about this book. It's written in first person, which can feel a bit odd... and throughout, the main character is 'talking' to another character... which also feels odd. As the reader, I felt like I was eavesdropping, which is also odd. But the story was interesting and uniqu...

from shelleyraec

Apple Tree Yard wasn't anything like what I was expecting from a cursory reading of the blurb and I think that played a part in my mixed feelings about this novel. Part psychological suspense, part courtroom drama, Apple Tree Yard explores the consequences of deceiving others, and ourselves. Yvon...

from Schatje

Dr. Yvonne Carmichael, a middle-aged geneticist, someone with "status and gravitas," finds herself accused of murder; her co-accused is a man with whom she had a torrid affair. She narrates much of the story in flashbacks detailing the events that bring her to a dock in Old Bailey. Information is...

from SamSattler

Seldom has it happened that a television production I watch ends up leading me back to the novel adapted for that video presentation. Although this is happening more than ever right now because of the semi-isolated lifestyles so many of us have been forced to adopt in recent months, it still come...