
Walter's Child
A Mystery
Morgan Bruce(Author)
Strategic Book Publishing
Published on 5. August 2020
Book
Hardback
424 pages
978-1-952269-89-9 (ISBN)
Description
For Police Sergeant Roger Maddox, the morning’s work at his small rural police station of Westford has amounted to the usual slow routine. If not for its rather remote location, the station would have been amalgamated with the nearby district of Hokitika years ago.
On this particular Tuesday in the rather small township, located mid-way down the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand, a small boy wanders into the station and quietly announces: "My … my name is Rabbit. Walter told me to come here and tell you my name. I need to find some parents."
Sergeant Maddox is at first a little bemused by the name and strangeness of the situation, thinking it just a simple case of a lost child. But the facts soon prove otherwise. Especially when this slight, ‘almost eleven-year-old" boy turns out to be the spitting image of a seven-year-old who was presumed drowned in an alpine river over fourteen years ago.
(About the Author)
Morgan Bruce lived most of his life in West Auckland, New Zealand. Now retired, he was a music teacher and a performer for 44 years, which is why music plays a large role in his writing. This is his 11th book.
More details
Language
English
Target group
Young adult
Interest Age: From 13 to 18 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
836 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-952269-89-9 (9781952269899)
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Person
Born, raised, and still living in Auckland, New Zealand, Morgan Bruce began writing in 1996 and released his first book in 2009. Having married in 1971 and eventually raised two daughters as a solo father, he now has four wonderful grandchildren.
As well as being an author, Morgan Bruce is also a musician and educator. As a result, some of the characters in his books are modelled on teachers, parents, and pupils he's known over his 44 years in education, and music and sport figure prominently in his writing. This latest book - Intervention - is the second part of the seven-part 'Alexei, Accidental Angel' series.
Generally calm in nature, Morgan Bruce is happy to let life flow and observe it from the sidelines, so to speak. This sense of contentment is perhaps indicative of his way of viewing the world, and is exemplified by the fact that not only has he lived in the same house for over 37 years, but, until his recent retirement, remained in the same employment for 34 years.
Email Contact: morganbruce@vodafone.co.nz