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The Touch of Innocents Hardcover – 20 January 1994

by Michael Dobbs (Author)

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It is always the innocent who suffer to make the powerful rich

Paul Devereux

is one of the most powerful politicians in the country.

Isadora Dean

is the rising star of television news journalism.

Two exceptionally talented, successful people brought in to dangerous conflict.

Izzy cannot accept the death of her baby daughter Bella. Stubborn and at times irrational, her belief that her daughter is alive leads her to the sordid truth - an international black market where babies are sold for cash. Behind this horrific truth, Isadora detects the sinister hand of Devereux.

She is just one woman against the world.The search for her daughter will cost her everything, but as long as she believes that Bella is alive she will never surrender and Paul Devereux must use every means in his power to make sure she is silenced for good.

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320 pages
Language

English
Publisher

HarperCollins
Publication date

20 January 1994
ISBN-10

0002242826
ISBN-13

978-0002242820
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Bestselling author Michael Dobbs was at Mrs Thatcher’s side as she took her first step into Downing Street as Prime Minister and was a key aide to John Major when he was voted out. In between times he was bombed in Brighton, banished from Chequers and blamed for failing to secoure a Blair-Major television debate. He is now one of the country’s leading political commentators.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins (20 January 1994)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0002242826
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0002242820

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Michael Dobbs – Baron Dobbs of Wylye – is an active member of the House of Lords and an internationally bestselling author who has never been far from controversy. He has worked at the centre of British politics for Margaret Thatcher, John Major and now David Cameron, and was once described as 'Westminster's baby-faced hit man'. He is the author of 17 thrillers, including House of Cards which became a hugely successful television drama, and three previous Harry Jones thrillers, The Lords' Day, The Edge of Madness and The Reluctant Hero. He tries to live quietly near a pub and a church in Wiltshire. For more information, go to www.michaeldobbs.com

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Clemens A. Schoonderwoert

A Mediocre Touch Of Innocents!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 October 2021

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Read this book in 2006, and it is a standalone book where conflicting characters will clash to an eventful solution.

On the one side, there's Paul Devereux, a powerful rich politician who always gets his way.

On the other, there's Isadora Dean, a rising star in television news journalism, who cannot believe that her baby girl, Bella, is dead.

Determined to find out the truth behind the disappearance of her baby girl, Izzie will come to the conclusion that her baby girl has ended up on the international black market, with the sinister and powerful hand of Paul Devereux behind it.

In the search for her daughter she stands alone against the power and money of Paul Devereux, and in the end those two worlds will clash, Izzie sure that Bella is alive and Devereux determined to silence Izzie for good.

What will follow is an exciting chase of cat and mouse, in which the mouse, Izzie, will escape the clutches of the cat, Devereux, and from my point of view, satisfaction will be done in a somewhat tame and unbelievable fashion in the end.

Recommended, for those who like a rather uncomplicated story about the sale of a child and the consequences that will bring to the mastermind behind it all, but for me this is unbelievable tame tale and that's why I like to call it: "A Mediocre Touch Of Innocents"!

Carole

Not Donna usual standard

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 June 2019

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Thin on plot and totally unbelievable, I have without exception enjoyed every other book but this one is frankly boring.

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Mr. Frank Greenslade

Captivating

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 March 2018

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Having read several of his novels, I did not think I would enjoy this one which was significantly different. However, as I progressed, it became more and more captivating until it's satisfying climax.

julie

Unbelievable

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 November 2017

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Stick to writing male characters = a mother behaves in a very different manner. Her whole character was unbelievable. Time waster.

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colin

Another Dobbs masterpiece

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 June 2019

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