Hostage to fortune Book

When Susan Bentham lands a pool win of 1,418,321.37 pounds, it seems, to her husband at any rate, a dream come true. All his prayers have been answered - enough money to live comfortably for the rest of his life and a nice little wife to look after him and turn a blind eye to his occasional extra-marital relations. To him, the win is the icing on the cake he now can have and eat too. The sudden windfall, however, has a much more powerful effect on Susan: it gives her something she has been desperately craving since she married Jeff - independence. The money opens doors to a new world; it gives her a new image, new friends, new interests...and the chance to avenge the pent-up frustrations of the last twenty-five years. Susan's good fortune exposes the frailty of their marriage overnight, and at first, with his usual flexibility, Jeff finds consolation with his mistress and his Rolls Royce. But soon he discovers life is not going to be quite as rosy as he'd like. During the long hot days of summer things start to deteriorate rapidly, and Jeff finds himself trapped between two women in a world he no longer recognizes. If he is to escape, someone must die.