{"product_id":"engagement-the","title":"The Engagement","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Chloe Hooper, author of the phenomenal The Tall Man, comes a brilliant novel about sex and money. The Engagement is a taut psychological thriller in which the deft blurring of reality and dark fantasy rivals that of Luis Bunuel's classic Belle de Jour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLiese Campbell has an engagement for the weekend- to stay with Alexander Colquhoun, the well-mannered heir of a pastoral dynasty, at his property in western Victoria. Liese, an English architect in flight from the financial crisis, now works at her uncle's real-estate business in Melbourne. Alexander has been looking for a place in the city. The luxury apartments Liese shows him have become sets for a relationship that satisfies their fantasies - and helps pay her debts. It's a game. Both players understand the rules. Or so she thinks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross the ancient landscape they drive at dusk to his grand decaying mansion. Here Liese senses a change in Alexander, and realises a different game has begun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis gripping, provocative new novel by one of Australia's finest writers is a psychological thriller for the modern age, one which explores the snares of money and love, and the dark side of erotic imagination. A trap has been set, but how and why? And for whom?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chloe Hooper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43784575615145,"sku":"9781926428376","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9781926428376.jpg?v=1710980708","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/engagement-the","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}