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The Wishing Game
In the bleak winter term of 1954 something terrible happens at Kirkston Abbey School for Boys.
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In the bleak winter term of 1954 something terrible happens at Kirkston Abbey School for Boys. Forty years later a journalist hovers near the truth, buried long ago by the panicked authorities. Kirkston Abbey is no place for the weak: its rules are harsh and its discipline savage. So the struggling Jonathan Palmer cannot believe his luck when Richard Rokeby - tough, handsome, aloof - befriends him. But Rokeby's possessive friendship is suffocating and, what starts out as an innocent game amongst friends, takes a shocking turn as Palmer finds himself powerless to stop Rokeby from unleashing a horrifying fate on them all. A brilliantly clever psychological thriller, The Wishing Game launched Redmond to his bestseller status. 'A first-rate page turner' Daily Mirror 'Compelling' Times Literary Supplement 'Genuinely chilling' Daily Express 'An impressive debut' Washington Post
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