Patrick Redmond Boeken

Ronnie Sidney is perfect, his mother's little ray of sunshine. He can do no wrong, although sometimes he wants to, especially to people who look down on him and his mother, and their drab existence. And if bad things should happen to them - why, it's nothing to do with him. He's a good boy. Everybody says so.Susan Ramsey was once perfect too, cherished by her parents, a popular girl at school. A nice girl in a nice home. Then her dad died and her mum remarried. The way her stepfather cherished her wasn't very nice at all.So then they meet, Ronnie and Susan, become teenage sweethearts. If the world wasn't so wrong they'd be the perfect couple. But Ronnie can set that right. He's a good boy. Everybody says so.

Something terrible happened at Kirkston Abbey school for boys during the bleak winter term of 1954. Now, more than forty years later, journalist Tim Webber is determined to find out the truth. He uncovers a disturbing tale of a seemingly innocuous friendship between two fourteen-year-old boys who embark on a series of psychological power games which escalate with increasingly unnatural and sinister results.

A captivating new psychological thriller from one of the fastest rising stars in British fiction.

A captivating psychological suspense novel by the bestselling author of THE WISHING GAME.

They were the perfect family. He was the perfect stranger. They should never have let him in . . . A brilliantly assured psychological thriller from the international bestselling author of The Wishing Game.

Jonathan ist ein einsames Kind, das im englischen Knabeninternat Kirkston Abbey leidet. Seine Klassenkameraden hänseln ihn wegen seiner einfachen Herkunft, und auch einige Lehrer glauben, er gehöre nicht an diese exklusive Schule. Im Jahr 1954 verteidigt die englische Oberschicht unerbittlich ihre Privilegien. Jonathan wird oft Ziel von Spott, bis sein Mitschüler Richard ihm in der Lateinstunde hilft. Richard, ebenfalls ein einsames Kind, zieht sich bewusst von anderen zurück und wird dafür bewundert. Nichts scheint ihn zu stören, auch nicht das brutale Internatssystem. Jonathan fühlt sich von Richards Interesse geschmeichelt, und die beiden freunden sich an. Richard zeigt Jonathan, wie er sich gegen den Psychoterror der anderen wehren kann. Jonathan, der sich wie ein Ertrinkender an Richards Hand klammert, beginnt, dessen Spiel mitzuspielen und gewinnt an Macht. Doch Richard verlangt mehr: Er überzeugt Jonathan, ihre Kräfte nicht nur gegen die zu richten, die Jonathan gedemütigt haben, sondern gegen alle, die ihre Freundschaft bedrohen. Ein gefährliches und tödliches Spiel entfaltet sich, während Jonathan immer tiefer in Richards Welt hineingezogen wird.

Nel college di Kirkston Abbey era accaduto qualcosa di sinistro. A scatenare forze distruttive nel tempio della migliore borghesia era stata la strana amicizia tra due studenti: il fragile Jonathan, vittima dei compagni e dei professori, e il diabolico Richard, dotato di un carisma ai limiti dell'umano. Erano come le due metà di una cosa sola, ed era destino che diventassero inseparabili. Poi un gioco malefico aveva preso loro la mano... Dopo tanti anni, l'unico testimone sopravvissuto a quegli eventi ha deciso di liberarsi la coscienza dal peso di una verità insostenibile. Ma il mondo è pronto ad ascoltarlo?