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  • Published: 1 October 2009
  • ISBN: 9780141932736
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 384
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The Burning




A young boy dies in a horrific fire. Forty years on, the flames of a deadly obsession burn strong . . .

Murray Shaw has bought his dream home - the imposing St Margaret's House in the exclusive Edinburgh district of Corstorphine. However, for his wife Rowan his dream is about to become her nightmare.

Because St Margaret's House has a dark past. And, unknown to Rowan, that's exactly why Murray bought it.

Forty years earlier Murray's school friend Angus lived in the house - until his shocking death in an unexplained arson attack. So what has drawn Murray back to the scene of such terrible memories? Why has his behaviour become so furtive of late?

And why is the Reverend Shelagh Kerr, minister of the nearby St Margaret's Church, so terrified to learn that Murray has returned?

  • Published: 1 October 2009
  • ISBN: 9780141932736
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 384
Categories:

About the author

Sue Walker

Sue Walker is a television journalist. She started out in her native Edinburgh, eventually moving to London to work in BBC TV's News and Current Affairs Department. For the past fifteen years, Sue has concentrated on documentaries specialising in crime investigative work and miscarriages of justice, mainly for Channel 4. Sue now lives on the Sussex Coast. The Dead Pool is her third novel, following The Reunion and The Reckoning (both available in Penguin paperback).

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