The Orphan
By (Author) Christopher Ransom
Little, Brown Book Group
Sphere
20th August 2013
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Thrillers / suspense
813.6
Paperback
496
Width 128mm, Height 196mm, Spine 30mm
334g
The truth is more terrifying than you can imagine.
Darren and Beth Lynwood always dreamed of having a son, but when young amnesiac runaway Adam enters their lives, he brings with him a creeping darkness that threatens to engulf their family and everyone around them.When Adam's memories claw their way to the surface, Darren finds himself haunted by thoughts of his own childhood - and of a boy very much like Adam who was done an unspeakable wrong.As buried secrets are unearthed, the Lynwood's happy home becomes the hunting ground for a relentless evil and an obsession that will not die.There's no point locking the door.There's no use shutting out the night.Because the orphan is already inside.Do you dare read to the end of THE ORPHAN Discover the chilling new novel from the author of THE BIRTHING HOUSE and THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR.Christopher Ransom is the author of internationally bestselling novels including THE BIRTHING HOUSE and THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR. He studied literature at Colorado State University and worked at Entertainment Weekly magazine in New York, and now lives near his hometown of Boulder, Colorado.