Bird Spotting in a Small Town by Sophie Morton-Thomas
You've always got to listen to the birds. In a tiny town on the North Norfolk coast, Fran's life is unravelling. As she fills her days cleaning the caravan park she owns, she is preoccupied by worry - about the behaviour of her son, the absences of her husband and her strained relationship with her sister's family. Her one source of relief: early in the mornings, before the responsibilities and uncertainties take over, she slips out to the beach to watch the birds. Small-town tension simmers all around her when a new teacher starts at the local school and a Romany community settle in the field adjoining her caravan park. Not to mention the beheaded birds that have started appearing across the town. Then the schoolteacher and Fran's brother-in-law both go missing on the same night. But all Fran can seem to care about is the birds. Meanwhile, Tad, a seventy-year-old Romany man, watches the townspeople from the distance of his caravan - and sees everything clearly.
A haunting, disquieting novel, exquisitely writtenThe detail throughout is like acupuncture and the whole thing is difficult to pull away from. I read it in short bursts because each sitting left me with something new to think about -- Ian Moore, author of Death and Croissants
Morton-Thomas challenges assumptions about class in this atmospheric piece of rural noir * Sunday Times *
A remarkable feat of storytelling rich with a literary feel ... The setting, atmosphere, characters who see the world through a mirky window pane, strained relationships, deeply troubling events... it's slow burn psychological crime which warns that buried secrets will come back to hurt you -- Crime Fiction Lover
A slow, dark, slippery tale set on the Norfolk coast... Disquieting and atmospheric, this is a book which lingers in the mind -- Sussex Life 'Book of the Month'
The kind of book that gets under your skin, hugely atmospheric and dark in the best possible way -- Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things
Morton-Thomas challenges assumptions about class in this atmospheric piece of rural noir * Sunday Times *
A remarkable feat of storytelling rich with a literary feel ... The setting, atmosphere, characters who see the world through a mirky window pane, strained relationships, deeply troubling events... it's slow burn psychological crime which warns that buried secrets will come back to hurt you -- Crime Fiction Lover
A slow, dark, slippery tale set on the Norfolk coast... Disquieting and atmospheric, this is a book which lingers in the mind -- Sussex Life 'Book of the Month'
The kind of book that gets under your skin, hugely atmospheric and dark in the best possible way -- Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things
Sophie Morton-Thomas was born in West Sussex and has always loved reading and writing - she had about ten penfriends as a child. She is now an English teacher as well as a mum to three (two grown-up!) children and two cats. Her first novel, Travel by Night, was published by darkstroke, an imprint of Crooked Cat Books, and was a #1 Bestseller across multiple Amazon Kindle categories.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780857308535 |
| ISBN 10 | 085730853X |
| Title | Bird Spotting in a Small Town |
| Author | Sophie Morton-Thomas |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Verve Books |
| Year published | 2024-02-29 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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