| Author: | Raymond Nickford | ISBN: | 9780993270505 |
| Publisher: | Haunted Books | Publication: | July 10, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Raymond Nickford |
| ISBN: | 9780993270505 |
| Publisher: | Haunted Books |
| Publication: | July 10, 2015 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Can Miranda trust her hypnotist ? Can a family avoid being split by the paranoia of one ? Can an unexpected romance survive ? There is a sense of 'presence' of ghosts, but the 'Cupboard of Skeletons' houses people with dark secrets which haunt and test their lives, those who challenge fate and, against all odds, can find something of their dreams.
The stories reflect a whole spectrum of emotions ; from tenderness to private anguish, from outward normality to the inwardly dysfunctional and the endangered relationship. But always - at the core - the themes reach out to those left lonely within a crowd; they alone who know that, for the moment, their brave face is a veil.
Raymond Nickford has a degree in Psychology and Philosophy from University College of North Wales. Troubled souls, the lonely, his inspiration.
Some of the themes :
Psychological suspense, dysfunctional relationships, love, tenderness, atmospheric, ghosts, literary fiction.
Other titles :
**Winner of the Harper Collins Gold Star award May 2010
A Child from the Wishing Wel**l
Gerard's only wish is to escape the dark of chronic paranoia, be closer for his lonely daughter. He accompanies Rosie to violin lessons with eccentric but friendly music tutor Miss Stein. But could the old spinster's often foul-smelling “wishing” well really be a place for his wish ?
Editorial reviews :
'All the characters are built up so stealthily we fail to notice that odd behaviour could develop into obsession and dark foreboding secrets.'
Daniel Manning - author of No Compatibility
' Atmospheric, vibrant, spooky page-turner. '
Reay Tannahill - historian, novelist and author of The Seventh Son.
'Growing up in a suburb of Chicago, the first scary movie I remember seeing was the 1965 Bette Davis movie, The Nanny. To this day, that movie has always stuck with me as one of the great psychological thrillers of all time. For me, A Child from the Wishing Well, is reminiscent of that movie.'
Candace Bowen Early - author of A Knight of Silence
Twists in the Tale
Schizophrenic Sam Baldock says he 'hears' Beethoven calling him. For therapy, his doctor and daughter Joanne accompany Sam to the Beethoven Museum in Vienna, once the composer's apartment. Will lonely Joanne, at last, get closer - to her strange Dad ?
Aristo's Family
Aristo, private museum curator in Paphos, Cyprus, living alone with his sole surviving son Pavlos, is obsessed with his belief that he still has surviving family, even though told they were all burned during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974.
In his preoccupation he comes to neglect Pavlos yet both Aristo's and his son's need to belong, so long mutually exclusive, are at the core of this novel. Father and son... or strangers forever ?
Can Miranda trust her hypnotist ? Can a family avoid being split by the paranoia of one ? Can an unexpected romance survive ? There is a sense of 'presence' of ghosts, but the 'Cupboard of Skeletons' houses people with dark secrets which haunt and test their lives, those who challenge fate and, against all odds, can find something of their dreams.
The stories reflect a whole spectrum of emotions ; from tenderness to private anguish, from outward normality to the inwardly dysfunctional and the endangered relationship. But always - at the core - the themes reach out to those left lonely within a crowd; they alone who know that, for the moment, their brave face is a veil.
Raymond Nickford has a degree in Psychology and Philosophy from University College of North Wales. Troubled souls, the lonely, his inspiration.
Some of the themes :
Psychological suspense, dysfunctional relationships, love, tenderness, atmospheric, ghosts, literary fiction.
Other titles :
**Winner of the Harper Collins Gold Star award May 2010
A Child from the Wishing Wel**l
Gerard's only wish is to escape the dark of chronic paranoia, be closer for his lonely daughter. He accompanies Rosie to violin lessons with eccentric but friendly music tutor Miss Stein. But could the old spinster's often foul-smelling “wishing” well really be a place for his wish ?
Editorial reviews :
'All the characters are built up so stealthily we fail to notice that odd behaviour could develop into obsession and dark foreboding secrets.'
Daniel Manning - author of No Compatibility
' Atmospheric, vibrant, spooky page-turner. '
Reay Tannahill - historian, novelist and author of The Seventh Son.
'Growing up in a suburb of Chicago, the first scary movie I remember seeing was the 1965 Bette Davis movie, The Nanny. To this day, that movie has always stuck with me as one of the great psychological thrillers of all time. For me, A Child from the Wishing Well, is reminiscent of that movie.'
Candace Bowen Early - author of A Knight of Silence
Twists in the Tale
Schizophrenic Sam Baldock says he 'hears' Beethoven calling him. For therapy, his doctor and daughter Joanne accompany Sam to the Beethoven Museum in Vienna, once the composer's apartment. Will lonely Joanne, at last, get closer - to her strange Dad ?
Aristo's Family
Aristo, private museum curator in Paphos, Cyprus, living alone with his sole surviving son Pavlos, is obsessed with his belief that he still has surviving family, even though told they were all burned during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974.
In his preoccupation he comes to neglect Pavlos yet both Aristo's and his son's need to belong, so long mutually exclusive, are at the core of this novel. Father and son... or strangers forever ?
