Dangerous to know Book

A serviceable suspense novel that takes you into the mind of a cowed woman and her murdering bully of a husband. It was published in 1993. I certainly hope times have changed in the British legal system, but at least at the time, the novel suggests that abused women who killed their husbands in self-defense were still subject to harsh treatment and judgment in the eyes of the law.

I liked the prose tone of the novel; Yorke's writing reminds me of the stories of Ruth Rendell, but the structure of the novel is nowhere near as good. The plot is a little bit off, and the book doesn't fully deliver on its promise. The climax of the story comes well before the end, and it's unclear why the novel continues. There's a bit of a twist at the end, but the payoff is pretty low.

This is the only one of Yorke's books I've read. It was intriguing enough that I'd check out one or two others.