Book description
People talk about the cold, hard light of day. There's no escaping what
you can see by it. There can be no confusing, in that early morning
light, the truth with the wished-for reality of dreams. The body was
still there. He was still dead. Abandoned by her lover, Manda finds
solace in bird-watching, a hobby her ex-partner introduced her to. The
birds provide Manda with an escape from her troubled past - and an
uncertain future. But then she falls prey to the ever more sinister
attentions of another birdwatcher. As the harassment builds up, she is
forced to flee, and details of her complicated past start to emerge.
Haunted by her tenuous relationship with her family and memories of her
African childhood, Manda is struggling with the choice between safety
and freedom as she tries to escape her elusive stalker. Tempted by the
promise of her friend Tom's protection, she wonders if she should
finally trust someone before it's too late . . . Told through the vivid
images of birds, Out of a Clear Sky is an unsettling psychological
thriller which will grip you until the startling, unforeseen end.
Sally Hinchcliffe is in her thirties, and having graduated from
Oxford with a First in PPE, has spent the last ten years working at
the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew. Having completed the MA in Creative
Writing at Birkbeck in 2004, she has also had various short stories
published. Out of a Clear Sky is her first novel.
