A Turbulent Spring - Couverture souple

Wilson, Willie W.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1533149429 ISBN 13 : 9781533149428

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

In this second part of the Dark Water series, the year is 1952. Life is improving after the austerity of the post war period; teenagers have opportunities to improve their lives and take advantage of high employment or go on to higher Education. But the effects of the war are insidious and young people find life can be difficult, torn by emotions left damaged by loss and lack of direction. When a pretty girl goes suddenly missing, the concerns of her friend, Alex Douglas, now sixteen, are not taken seriously until information begins to appear which suggests strange, violent assignations by night. Inspector Macrae finds himself caught in a tangle of deceit, false information and confused relationships. Young people, poised to go off to into a new life in the city are innocently drawn into fear and violence, thrust to the terrifying edge of the precipice of death itself. In another drama, like a strange echoing shadow play in the same landscape in 1722, a story unfolds of a vile murderer who creeps in the darkness preying on innocent girls. A youth, adopted by the laird, finds himself confronted by a mystery which he feels compelled to solve, despite his lack of experience, depending on his wits and the good will of the people of his community. As he comes to the end of his education, and grows towards adulthood, discovering the joys and anguish of first love, he and his slow – witted older brother try to follow the mind of the murderer who eludes everyone. Life in the happy rural community is slowly poisoned as deaths occur and the young detective finds he has to give all he has to catch the villain and bring peace back to the village. In the dreadful climax, the two stories merge, the protagonists bound together by a slowly unfolding history of two families.

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À propos de l'auteur

Willie Wilson was born and grew up near Glasgow. He travelled widely in Europe and after trying out various careers from Youth Hostel Warden to working in computing, he returned to University where he studied English Literature before becoming a lecturer in that subject. He moved with his wife and three sons to North East Scotland in 1980 where he still lives a couple of miles from the coast of the Moray Firth. His writing is based mainly in that area. On retiring he continued to lecture and teach, mainly in Creative Writing. He has published two novels in Kindle form and now has taken the step into print books. His interests include reading fiction of most types, music, art, gardening and until recently, restoring and riding motorcycles. At present he is working on books three and four of the Dark Water series.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1533149429
• ISBN 13: 9781533149428
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 438
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg