Darkside
A Novel
1st Edition
Published on 3. May 2011
304 pages
978-1-4516-1277-6 (ISBN)
Description
In bleak midwinter, the people of Shipcott are shocked by the murder of an elderly woman in her bed. As snow cuts off the village, local policeman Jonas Holly is torn between catching a brutal killer and protecting his vulnerable wife, Lucy.
When the inquiry is commandeered by an abrasive senior detective, Jonas finds himself derided by his colleagues and ashamed to admit to Lucy that he's been sidelined. It seems his first murder investigation may be over before it's begun. But when he receives a series of increasingly sinister anonymous notes, Jonas is thrust back into the center of the case. Someone in the village is taunting him, blaming him for the tragedy. Someone thinks he's not doing his job; someone seems to know every move he makes. And soon Jonas has to ask: Who's hunting who?
When the inquiry is commandeered by an abrasive senior detective, Jonas finds himself derided by his colleagues and ashamed to admit to Lucy that he's been sidelined. It seems his first murder investigation may be over before it's begun. But when he receives a series of increasingly sinister anonymous notes, Jonas is thrust back into the center of the case. Someone in the village is taunting him, blaming him for the tragedy. Someone thinks he's not doing his job; someone seems to know every move he makes. And soon Jonas has to ask: Who's hunting who?
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Belinda Bauer grew up in England and South Africa. She has worked as a journalist and screenwriter, and her script The Locker Room earned her the Carl Foreman/Bafta Award for Young British Screenwriters, an award that was presented to her by Sidney Poitier. She was a runner-up in the Rhys Davies Short Story Competition for "Mysterious Ways," about a girl stranded on a desert island with 30,000 Bibles. Belinda now lives in Wales. Her latest novel, Snap, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Forty-Six Days
- Twenty-Three Days
- Twenty-Two Days
- Twenty-One Days
- Twenty Days
- Nineteen Days
- Eighteen Days
- Seventeen Days
- Sixteen Days
- Fifteen Days
- Fourteen Days
- Twelve Days
- Ten Days
- Eight Days
- Seven Days
- Six Days
- Five Days
- Four Days
- Three Days
- Two Days
- One Days
- The Final Day
- Another Day
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Discussion Questions
