“The trouble is, we don’t recognise every danger when we see it. And that’s how Mr Man manages to creep into our lives.”
1966
Stephenie is 9 years old, and she has plans:
1 Get Jesus to heal her wonky foot
2 Escape her spiteful friend Dawn
3 Persuade her mum to love her
But everything changes when Dawn goes missing in the woods during the World Cup final. No one appears to know what happened to her – but more than one of them is lying.
1997
Stephanie has spent her life trying to bury the events of that terrible summer. When a man starts following her on the train home from London, she realises the dark truth of what happened has finally caught up with her . . .
A fantastic page turner by Jane Bailey.