Coronet Books
2 total works
Following a fight in a pub, a young Welshman becomes inadvertently involved in a chain of murders that split the community and push him to his own personal limits. The killings also prove a test for Detective Sammy Woodings, the man who must solve the case before it gets out of hand. Frank Ryan is a consultant physician and runs his own commercial art gallery. His first novel, "Sweet Summer", was published in 1987.
On a chill November day in Sheffield, Bobby Stephens, an eight-year-old boy is kidnapped. That same day, in Bolton, two men have a tense meeting in Heywood Park. In Liverpool, a woman breaks into a house to search its contents. All are strands in a tantalising mystery, and it seems to Chief Inspector Sandy Woodings that Margaret Stephens, the boy's mother, knows more than she is telling him. As the hunt proceeds, the paucity of evidence becomes alarming. Woodings feels personally involved, his own son, Gerry, is of the same age as Bobby. And Woodings' marriage is on the rocks. Then a bizarre note arrives, addressed to Margaret Stephens and the murders begin. This is the first book in a thriller trilogy, which also features the novels "Sweet Summer" and "Tiger Tiger."