Blacklands
By: Belinda Bauer
Publisher: Corgi
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9780552158848
Subjects: Missing children; Boys; Bereavement; Grandmothers; Fiction; Englisch; Kriminalroman; Family relationships; Serial murderers; Deckare
Description: Twelve-year-old Steven Lamb digs holes on Exmoor, hoping to find a body. Every day after school, Steven goes digging to lay to rest the ghost of the uncle he never knew, who disappeared aged eleven and is assumed to have fallen victim to the notorious serial killer Arnold Avery. Only Steven's Nan is not convinced her son is dead. She still waits for him to come home, standing bitter guard at the front window while her family fragments around her. Steven is determined to heal the widening cracks between them before it's too late. And if that means presenting his grandmother with the bones of her murdered son, he'll do it.