Book description
On a deserted beach battered by rain, a group of boys plot a wicked
deed. 'We'll shoot the crucifix,' Deano declares, but it is Mick who
will carry out the act of vengeance and bear the consequences, for it
was Mick's brother Charlie who suffered a horrible accident , leading
to his death, whilst in the care of the priests at their school.
Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously
published in the collection The Boy Who Taught the Beekeeper to Read.
Susan Hill's novels and short stories have won the Whitbread,
Somerset Maugham and John Llewellyn Rhys awards and been shortlisted
for the Booker Prize. She is the author of over fifty books, including
the five previous Serrailler crime novels, The Various Haunts of
Men, The Pure in Heart, The Risk of Darkness, The
Vows of Silence and The Shadows in the Street. The play
adapted from her famous ghost story, The Woman in Black, has been
running in the West End since 1989; it has also recently been made
into a film starring Daniel Radcliffe.
Susan Hill was born in Scarborough and educated at King's College
London. She is married to the Shakespeare scholar, Stanley Wells, and
they have two daughters. She lives in Gloucestershire, where she runs
her own small publishing firm, Long Barn Books.
