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The Sculptress (1993) is a crime novel by English writer Minette Walters. She won an Edgar and a Macavity Award for the book. The novel was adapted as a BBC -TV series in 1996, starring Pauline Quirke as Olive Martin.
A TV adaptation of Minette Walters' novel about a woman imprisoned for killing her family. An author doubts her guilt and tries to prove her innocence, but faces a web of lies and secrets.
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- 1997-11-13
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
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A journalist tries to prove the innocence of a fat woman convicted of killing her mother and sister. The woman claims to be a sculptress who carves on dead bodies and has a mysterious past.
Jan 1, 1993 · Minette Walters. 3.92. 11,385 ratings434 reviews. In prison, they call her the Sculptress for the strange figurines she carves - symbols of the day she hacked her mother and sister to pieces and reassembled them in a blood-drenched jigsaw.
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1 Series ∙ 4 Episodes ∙ Crime Drama. Psychological thriller based on Minette Walters's novel about convicted murderer Olive Martin, nicknamed 'the sculptress' following the gruesome killings of her mother and sister.
Writer Rosalind Leigh is given a subject, the Sculptress, Olive Martin, a woman who butchered her Mother and Sister.
Synopsis. When author Rosalind Leigh is assigned to write a book about the life of Olive Martin, a woman sentenced to life in prison for killing her mother and sister, she develops a relationship with Olive and is soon convinced of her innocence.
