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When part-time teacher Ollie Clay panic-buys a rundown house in the outskirts of Leeds, he soon recognises his mistake. His new neighbour is an antisocial thug, with links to a local hate group. Or does he?
About the author
David Tallerman is the author of the YA fantasy series The Black River Chronicles, which began in 2016 with Level One, the Tales of Easie Damasco series, and the novella Patchwerk. His short fiction has appeared in around eighty markets, including Clarkesworld, Nightmare and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine.
Summary
"A well-written and cleverly imagined crime thriller with a knife-sharp edge." — Crime Review
When part-time teacher Ollie Clay panic-buys a rundown house in the outskirts of Leeds, he soon recognises his mistake. His new neighbor, Chas Walker, is an antisocial thug, and Ollie's suspicions raise links to a local hate group. With Ollie's life unravelling rapidly, he feels his choices dwindling: his situation is intolerable and only standing up to Chas can change it. But Ollie has his own history of violence, and increasingly, his own secrets to hide; and Chas may be more than the mindless yob he appears to be. As their conflict spills over into the wider world, Ollie will come to learn that there are worse problems in life than one bad neighbor.
FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launching in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.
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“It really is a great read, I'd rate it very high as a real world gritty thriller. The kind of story that has me flying through the pages as my schedule will allow and thinking about the the story when I put it down.”
