Book description
PI John Craine has come to Hale Island to get away from it all - the
memories and the guilt, and a past that just won't let go.
But within hours he stumbles across the dead body of a young girl on
the beach. When the police arrive the body has inexplicably
disappeared. Or - in his already tormented state - did Craine imagine
it in the first place?
Determined to get at the truth, Craine starts asking questions. But
it seems no one on the island is talking. And all too soon he finds
himself tangled up in a deadly network of fear and violence.
Someone has a dark secret to keep, and Craine is getting in the way...
Kevin Brooks was born in Exeter, Devon, in 1959. He studied
psychology and philosophy in Birmingham and cultural studies in
London. He spent much of his early life writing and recording music,
and later turned to painting and sculpting. He worked as a civil
servant, a crematorium handyman, a hotdog vendor at London Zoo, a post
office counter clerk, a petrol station attendant, and a call centre
operator. Since 2002 he has written eleven novels for teenagers and
has won several awards, including the Canongate Prize for New Writing,
the Branford Boase Award, the North East Book Award, and the Angus
Book Award. In Germany, his books have twice won the prestigious
Jugendliteraturpreis and he has also been awarded the Buxtehude Bulle
and the Golden Bookworm.
A Dance of Ghosts, his first novel for adults, was published
in 2011. He lives in North Yorkshire with his wife Susan.
