Synopses & Reviews
The boy looks up and sees the foreigner's rifle aimed at him. Why is this man here? This is not his conflict, it is not the boy's... it is hell. Jay has been home for a long time, but the ghosts of Yugoslavia are still with him as he busks his way round the country. Marilyn is fresh out of a controlling relationship and desperate to reassert her independence. The last thing she needs is to fall for an itinerant storyteller who has a strange relationship with the truth. And then the police call on her. When the past catches up with the present and stories become reality, Jay and Marilyn must decide who to believe and who to betray.
Review
"A real page-turner about the need for love, and the search for redemption... If you like a fast-paced thriller but want more—then buy this book" —Martine Bailey, author of
An Appetite for VioletsReview
"Snatches my interest and my emotions and never lets go..." —Thorne Moore, author of A Time for Silence
About the Author
Alison Layland grew up in Bradford and finally settled in mid-Wales where she has been living with her husband and two children. After studying Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at Trinity College, Cambridge, she was a chartered surveyor before returning to her first love, languages. She was Welsh Learner of the Year in 1999 and in 2001 won the short story competition at the National Eisteddfod. Her published translations include the acclaimed novel The Colour of Dawn by Haitian author Yanick Lahens.