Arnold Eastwood is thrilled when social services allocate him a flat all of his own. Independence hasn’t come easily to a young man with Downs Syndrome but now he has the chance to live free from his mum’s nagging, find a girlfriend, watch endless movies and make new friends.
Meanwhile a London drug gang is setting up a supply line in Arnold’s town. They’re looking for someone to deliver drugs for them and somewhere to set up a base of operations.
Soon Arnold and his flat are in the drug gang’s sights. Drawn into the dark underworld of crack cocaine and modern slavery, Arnold soon discovers that friends can in fact be deadly enemies. The question is: can he break free?
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Kerena Swan trained as a Social Worker and worked for Social Services for over 25 years. For the past 14 years she has owned and managed an ‘outstanding’ rated agency for children with disabilities. Following serious illnesses she decided to fulfil her long-held ambition of writing a book and getting it published. ‘Dying to See You’, published by Bloodhound Books, was her debut novel.
After many years of writing professionally in the course of her work, Kerena has discovered the exhilaration and deep joy of writing fiction and can be found at all hours in front of her computer. Her second novel ‘Scared to Breathe’ is now available and her third book, ‘Who’s There?’ will be released on December 13th 2019.
Kerena lives with her family in a small village in Bedfordshire, UK and her books are set in the surrounding areas.
Drawing on her extensive knowledge and experience of the problematic world of social work and social studies, Kerena adds a unique angle to the domestic noir and crime genre.
If you would like to hear more about new releases, read Kerena’s blogs and download a free short-story – the prequel to Dying to See You – then visit www.kerenaswan.co.uk and join her mailing list.
Review by Heidi Lynn's Book Reviews
First, I want to thank Kerena Swan and Sarah Hardy from
Books on the Bright Side for providing me with this book so I can bring you
this review.
Kerena Swan brings you a story that will stay in your heart
way after the book has ended In Who’s There? She pulls on your heart strings in
so many different ways. Karen is an incredible storyteller that will leave you
questioning if you can trust your friends and how well do you know them
.
This book is dedicated to the Memory to Bobby Lord, a young
man of great character and wicked humour who didn’t let his diagnosis of down
syndrome get in the way of enjoying life to the full.
Karena brings a lot of tough issues to the table in this
book. Some of the issues were drug dealers, death, cancer diagnosis, etc.
Arnold or as he loved to be called Clint pulled on my heart
strings throughout this book. He has
Down Syndrome and just wanted to be treated like everyone else-normal and independent.
He is incredibly sweet and such an innocence to him. In many ways I saw myself
in him and would totally friend him. Karena wrote this character and storyline
so passionately!
This book opened up my eyes to the crazy world out there
that we live in. Not to mention how cruel people are and how they take
advantage of people. This aspect of the book shocked me, upset me, and at times
I wanted to hug some of the characters.
One thing I loved about the book was the character growth in
Arnold. I was so proud of how far he came.
The mid to end of the book has so many twists and turns that
were very thrilling, gripping, and very climatic.
2 comments:
Thanks so much for being on the blog tour today and for the great review x
Good review! Is this a complex tale?
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