Child's Play - Softcover

Taylor, Alison

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099272091 ISBN 13: 9780099272090

Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

Surrounded by dense, dark wooland, The Hermitage is an exclusive girls school. One balmy summer's night Sukie Melville leaves her room and vanishes into the woods. The following day her body is pulled from the hungry water of the Menai Strait. Superintendent, Michael McKenna and his team move in to investigate the death. The school's charismatic headmistress insists it was suicide, but McKenna isn't so sure. When McKenna scratches the glossy surface he uncovers a dark and dangerous ethos underpinning the school. Nothing in that hotbed of passionate, brooding resentments is what is seems, and no one can be trusted.

About this title

Review:

'A complex, intelligent and absorbing story.' -- Guardian

'A haunting and intricately plotted novel.' -- The Times

'Among the new stars of British crime writing.' -- Sunday Telegraph

'Compelling, stays in your mind long after you've finished the book.' -- She

‘One of the new stars of British crime writing’ -- Susanna Yager, Sunday Telegraph

From the Publisher:

Alison Taylor is the whistleblower who exposed the abuse in North Wales children's homes. Her writing career began when she lost her job as a social worker because of speaking out.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0099272091
• ISBN 13: 9780099272090
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 416