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Zusatztext A wonderfully Dickensian flavour... Everyone in the book is alive and believable Informationen zum Autor Benita Brown was born and brought up in Newcastle by her English mother! the youngest of thirteen children! and her Indian father! who came to Newcastle to study medicine and fell in love with the place and the people. After meeting her husband while she was at drama school in London! Benita returned to her home town and worked as a teacher and broadcaster before becoming a full-time writer ! publishing many much-loved novels. Sadly! Counting the Days was Benita's last book! as she passed away in April 2014 following a sudden illness. She will be greatly missed. The irresistible north-eastern saga from Benita Brown; 'A must for Catherine Cookson fans' Wiltshire Times Zusammenfassung A heart-wrenching and powerful story of two young sisters caught up in an underworld of corruption and deceit, from popular saga author Benita Brown. When her father, a journalist, is murdered, Marion Brookfield vows to care for her younger sister Annette. The girls believe they have found a refuge when charming businessman Victor Bateman proposes to Marion and they move into his luxurious home. But Marion's friend Daniel Brady is conducting his own investigation into Henry Brookfield's death. He learns the journalist was closing in on the head of a child prostitution racket when he was killed. And now his precious daughters may not be so safe, after all...
