In Thatcher's Britain, barely out of his teens, highly intelligent but illiterate and with a childhood of care homes and fostering behind him, Simon Austen is sent down for life for murdering his girlfriend. He did it but he doesn't know why - or maybe doesn't want to know why. Or both ...Then Simon makes an important decision to rehabilitate ...
This is a novel about a young girl, who, growing up an outsider, becomes drawn into the life of a local family with some curious beliefs. They treat her as a daughter (for sinister reasons, we later find out) and take her away with them to a religious holiday camp. It is here that she is introduced to the Finnish Envallist branch of Protestantism ...
A young girl grows up an outsider, then becomes drawn into the life of a local family with some curious beliefs. They treat her as a daughter and take her away with them to a religious holiday camp. It is here that she is introduced to the Finnish Envallist branch of Protestantism and here that events start to take a terrible turn. Rejected by ...
Laurie and Kim have anticipated their journey to Island Paradise for years, but the holiday itself becomes only the start of a longer, darker trip. Their tropical dreamland is a violent and threatening place which forces them to redefine their dreams and their perspectives.
Written by the author of "Island Paradise", "Back into the First" and "The Unborn Dreams of Clara Riley", this collection of short stories range into the past and future.
When one of Frank Styne's novels is nominated for a literary award, he knows his anonymity is about to be shattered. As he sees the world encroaching, he begins to plot a three-pronged plan, a real-life horror story worthy of his own novels; a plan of destruction and despair.
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Newbridge Educational Publishing
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781400736522ISBN:1400736528
Description: Good. Minimal damage to the cover, dust jacket not necessarily included minimal wear to binding, majority of pages undamaged, minimal to no highlighting/underlining of text, no missing p. read more
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