Living on a Prayer
Published on 11. April 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
464 pages
978-1-78475-569-0 (ISBN)
Description
A week before Christmas Debbie Stansfield's life falls apart. Her son - her funny, cheeky, kind Richard - has been found hanging from a tree at the Seven Sisters. The police think it's suicide but Debbie won't - can't - accept it. Her son would never kill himself. Not her Richard. No way.
Richard's four friends know something about his death. Detective Inspector Lorraine Hunt can feel it. The teenagers are clearly terrified about something - something that scares them more than the police. But they're not about to tell...
As the days tick down to Christmas, Lorraine, increasingly overworked and under pressure, can't ignore her suspicions that there's more to Richard's death than meets the eye. And when Richard's friends start going missing, her worst fears are confirmed. Just who is preying on the young people in Houghton-le-Spring? And will Lorraine be able to stop them, before another vulnerable teenager is found dead?
Richard's four friends know something about his death. Detective Inspector Lorraine Hunt can feel it. The teenagers are clearly terrified about something - something that scares them more than the police. But they're not about to tell...
As the days tick down to Christmas, Lorraine, increasingly overworked and under pressure, can't ignore her suspicions that there's more to Richard's death than meets the eye. And when Richard's friends start going missing, her worst fears are confirmed. Just who is preying on the young people in Houghton-le-Spring? And will Lorraine be able to stop them, before another vulnerable teenager is found dead?
Reviews / Votes
Sheila Quigley proves she isn't a one-hit wonder with this gritty follow-up to Run For Home * Bella * A good read * Literary Review * Sheila doesn't just write blistering crime novels, she creates a world of grim reality and a raw humanity that grips the emotions and oozes into your psyche * Daily Record * A scary masterpiece * Northern Echo * Tension screams on every page * Peterborough Evening Telegraph * This thriller flows at a tremendous speed, the gripping subject matter making for compulsive reading * North East Lifestyle *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cornerstone
Product notice
Paperback (UK-A)
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 110 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
423 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78475-569-0 (9781784755690)
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Person
Sheila started work at fifteen as a presser in Hepworths, a tailoring factory.She married at eighteen and had three daughters: Dawn, Janine and Diane, and a younger son, Michael.Recently divorced, she now has eight grandchildren, and every Saturday and Sunday can be found at a football match for the Darlington Academy under thirteens and the Northern league.Sheila has lived in Houghton le Spring near Sunderland for thirty years.