What Lies Within by Tom Vowler - ISBN: 9780755392209
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Isolated family, escaped convict, dark secrets. Nature’s beauty hides evil.

What Lies Within

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  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    7 October 2013

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Summary

Living in a remote Devon farmhouse, Anna and her family have always been close to nature, surrounded by the haunting beauty of the moor. But when a convict escapes from nearby Dartmoor prison, their isolation suddenly begins to feel more claustrophobic than free. Fearing for her children’s safety, Anna’s behaviour becomes increasingly irrational. But why is she so distant from her kind husband Robert, and why does she suspect something sinister of her son Paul? All teenagers have their diffic…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780755392209
ISBN-10:0755392205
Author:Tom Vowler
Publisher:Headline Publishing Group
Imprint:Headline Book Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:7 October 2013
Weight:250g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 24mm
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Critics Review

As unsettling as it is minutely imagined, this striking debut novel from Tom Vowler will give serious pause for thought to anyone considering downsizing for a cosy life in the countryside–Patrick GaleTaut and compelling, you won’t just read this book, you’ll devour it–Alex PrestonTom Vowler’s debut novel is a finely achieved work. Sensitively written and beautifully crafted, it explores sexual violence and the resilience of human tenderness, set against the austere beauty and underlying threat of Dartmoor…hard to put down, impossible to forget–Graham Mort

About The Author

Tom Vowler

An award-winning writer living in south-west England, Tom Vowler’s short story collection THE METHOD won the inaugural Scott Prize in 2010 and, in 2011, the Edge Hill Readers’ Prize.

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