Product Description

A week before Christmas Debbie Stansfield's life falls apart. Her son - her funny, cheeky, kind Richard - has been found hanging from a tree at the Seven Sisters. The police think it's suicide but Debbie won't - can't - accept it. Her son would never kill himself. Not her Richard. No way. Richard's four friends know something about his death. Detective Inspector Lorraine Hunt can feel it. The teenagers are clearly terrified about something - something that scares them more than the police. But they're not about to tell...As the days tick down to Christmas, Lorraine, increasingly overworked and under pressure, can't ignore her suspicions that there's more to Richard's death than meets the eye. And when Richard's friends start going missing, her worst fears are confirmed. Just who is preying on the young people in Houghton-le-Spring? And will Lorraine be able to stop them, before another vulnerable teenager is found dead?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #87080 in Books
• Published on: 2006-12-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 512 pages

Review
" A real page turner"
-- "Woman
"" Proves she isn't a one-hit wonder"
-- "Bella
"" This thriller flows at a tremendous speed ... compulsive reading"
-- "North East Lifestyle"

From the Publisher
THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF BAD MOON RISING

From the Inside Flap
A week before Christmas Debbie Stansfield's life falls apart. Her son - her funny, cheeky, kind Richard - has been found hanging from a tree at the Seven Sisters. The police think it's suicide but Debbie won't - can't - accept it. Her son would never kill himself. Not her Richard. No way.

Richard's four friends know something about his death. Detective Inspector Lorraine Hunt can feel it. The teenagers are clearly terrified about something - something that scares them more than the police. But they're not about to tell…

As the days tick down to Christmas, Lorraine, increasingly overworked and under pressure, can't ignore her suspicions that there's more to Richard's death than meets the eye. And when Richard's friends start going missing, her worst fears are confirmed. Just who is preying on the young people in Houghton-le-Spring? And will Lorraine be able to stop them, before another vulnerable teenager is found dead?

Customer Reviews

WOW
If ever a book had the wow factor it is this one. From start to finish it has you hooked. This is a book for all ages and male and female alike. It deals with some pretty heart rending topics in a way I have never known another writer achieve. It has you frightened for the charectors and sitting on the edge of your seat, the next page has you laughing out loud at the antics of the ciggie smugglers. DO NOT MISS THIS ONE.

brilliant
i could not put this book down. absolutely outstanding characters,that grip you from the start.
from start to finish it took me four hours to read.. it left me wanting to read on and on.not only are the characters fantastic the story line keeps you gripped. one of the best reads of the year.

Fantastic read
This is the third Sheila Quigley book I have read and they just keep on getting better. The people in these books seem so real,and the plot is brilliant. A brilliant book with a beginning a middle and an end,you can not put any of her books down. More as soon as you can please.