Shane Dunphy is een bestsellerauteur wiens werk voortkomt uit zijn ervaringen als jeugdbeschermer. Zijn schrijven duikt in diepgaande menselijke verhalen en maatschappelijke kwesties, die hij met gevoeligheid en inzicht blootlegt. Naast zijn fictie is hij ook een begaafd muzikant en een bekroond documentairemaker, wat zijn veelzijdige artistieke talenten laat zien. Zijn verhalen kenmerken zich door authenticiteit en een krachtige emotionele resonantie.
Craig, the little boy who can't speak English, isn't allowed to use his real
name and hides food around his playschool, afraid he'll be hungry again. His
parents are trying to make a fresh start, but their gangland bosses are about
to catch up with the family and Craig will pay a terrible price.
Five heart-stopping true stories of terror and triumph, told by the man who tried to make life better for these troubled children ...Clive, a thirteen-year-old victim of terrifying demonic visions, tells frightening stories of abuse and imprisonment. Could they be genuine? Patrick, twelve, bravely setting out to find the truth about his birth family - however painful it may be ...Six-year-old Johnny, tiny and undernourished, desperately tries to recover from a brain-injury inflicted by his drunken and violent father ...At fourteen, Katie is so aggressive that the authorities have put her in special care, away from other children. What could be the cause of such fury? And in a grim island prison, a lumbering bully ponders his crimes against his twin children, Larry and Francey - while his sadistic and conniving wife, the real monster behind his actions, tries to fool the state into returning the traumatised boy and girl to her care.
Is it possible to disappear without a trace?Five people are missing and
criminologist David Dunnigan - haunted by the disappearance of his niece
twenty years ago - has been tasked with finding them...
It's the calm voice at the other end of the phone. Someone there to help in
your hour of need. An innocent chat. But once they're inside your computer,
there's no escape . . . The Helpdesk is a gripping, fast-paced thriller that
will have you at the edge of your seat