Kept in the Dark
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The illustration on our cover is taken from Rise, Shine! by Fiona French, published in April by Methuen (0 416 08122 3, £5.95).
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Carole Boyd
This is a gripping story with gradually strengthening sinister undertones Bosie, Clara and Noel are sent to stay with grandparents they have never met whilst their self-occupied mother goes abroad. The relationship between the grandparents seems strange and the house is lonely. When the suave and friendly step-grandson David suddenly appears, the grandparents seem afraid. Why? David becomes an increasingly threatening mixture of charm and dangerous impetuosity. This is a tense psychological drama. Unabridged and without sound effects, it is excellently read by Carole Boyd who captures in her voice the children's fear and the querulous grandmother. (Kept in the Dark, Gollancz, 0 575 03113 1, £7.95; Puffins, 0 14 03.1550 0, £1.99 pbk)