Blacklands Noel Coward With his beloved Watch crumbling

With his beloved Watch crumbling around him and war-drums sounding

Stella Rimmington meets State of Play in this smart political thriller for a new generation of Le Carre devourers

his beloved and pregnant daughter

by way of an introduction

Blacklands Noel Coward With his beloved Watch crumblingTwelve year old Steven Lamb digs holes on Exmoor, hoping to find a body. Every day after school, while his classmates swap football stickers, Steven goes digging to lay to rest the ghost of the uncle he never knew, who disappeared aged eleven and is assumed to have fallen victim to the notorious serial killer Arnold Avery. Only Steven's Nan is not convinced her son is dead. She still waits for him to come home, standing bitter guard at the front