Cause for Concern.Margaret Yorke Margaret Yorke (born 30 January 1924) is an English crime fiction writer, real name Margaret Beda Nicholson (nee Larminie). Born in Compton, Surrey,[1] she spent her childhood in Dublin, moving to England in 1937. . 2001 2002. Read by Sheila Mitchell. 6 tapes. 8 hrs. BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. Audiobooks, Chivers Audiobooks. 0-7540-0834-7. $54.95. Vinyl; plot, author, reader notes. SA In this novel violence lies dormant for many years in a quiet village, but its effects are still felt in the home of Susan Trent. A widow who lives with her grown son, Martin, she seems to suffer from many falls and mishaps and frequently appears at work with bruises Bruises Definition Bruises, or ecchymoses, are a discoloration and tenderness of the skin or mucous membranes due to the leakage of blood from an injured blood vessel into the tissues. Pupura refers to bruising as the result of a disease condition. and broken limbs. While the villagers suspect her son Martin is beating her, no one does anything to stop him until an old willow tree falls in a storm, revealing a corpse among its roots, and a young man comes to town intent upon uncovering the past. What happens when past secrets are revealed is the crux of this story. Mitchell has the voice of a proper Englishwoman, appropriate for Susan Trent. The quiet, prim tones of her voice make the hidden violence of the story seem even more unwarranted and undeserved un·de·served adj. Not merited; unjustifiable or unfair. un  de·serv . Like domestic violence itself, her voice puts a calm veneer veneer (vənēr`), thin leaf of wood applied with glue to a panel or frame of solid wood. The art of veneer developed with early civilization. on a brutality just under the surface. Nola Theiss, Sanibel, FL
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