A Jarful of Angels
by Babs Horton | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0743449711 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0743449711 Global Overview for this book
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Amazon Editorial Review:
An evocative literary thriller set in a remote Welsh village. Thirty years ago, in a remote Welsh village, Iffy, Bessie, Fatty and Billy formed a remarkable friendship and enjoyed an impoverished yet magical childhood. That winter they found a skull with its front teeth missing, that summer they experienced a plague of frogs, crept into a garden full of strange statutes, and discovered just what mad Carty Annie had been collecting so secretly in those jars of hers. But at the end of that long, hot summer of 1963, one of them disappeared...Over thirty years later, retired detective Will Sloane, is compelled to return to that strange Welsh town of secrets and lunatics to try to solve the case of the missing child. But before he can finally discover the truth about what happened, he finds himself involved in a number of interlocking mysteries.
An evocative literary thriller set in a remote Welsh village. Thirty years ago, in a remote Welsh village, Iffy, Bessie, Fatty and Billy formed a remarkable friendship and enjoyed an impoverished yet magical childhood. That winter they found a skull with its front teeth missing, that summer they experienced a plague of frogs, crept into a garden full of strange statutes, and discovered just what mad Carty Annie had been collecting so secretly in those jars of hers. But at the end of that long, hot summer of 1963, one of them disappeared...Over thirty years later, retired detective Will Sloane, is compelled to return to that strange Welsh town of secrets and lunatics to try to solve the case of the missing child. But before he can finally discover the truth about what happened, he finds himself involved in a number of interlocking mysteries.
Released 15 yrs ago (1/31/2009 UTC) at Steventon, Oxfordshire United Kingdom
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never read.
never read.
Picked this up at the Cherry Tree pub the second Ali put it down lol. Looks like my kind of thing.
From the back of the book:
The remote town in the Welsh valleys was a wonderful, magical - but sometimes dangerous - place in which to to grow up. It was there that Iffy, Bessie, Fatty and Billy experienced a plague of frogs one summer, stumbled upon a garden full of dancing statues, found a skull with its front teeth missing - and discovered just what it was that mad Carty Annie was collecting so secretly in those jars of hers.
But at the end of that long, hot summer of 1961, one of the four children disappeared.
Over thirty years later, returned detective Will Sloane, never able to forget the unsolved case, returns to Wales to resume his search for the truth. His investigation will draw him into a number of interlocking mysteries, each one more puzzling than the last.
Written in a rich, sensuous and lyrical prose style full of the sights and sounds of childhood, 'A Jar Full of Angels' is a mesmerising, evocative - and wholly unforgettable - novel of psychological suspense.
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I absolutely loved this. The story has humour, darkness, long kept secrets and the ability to make you remember that magical feeling of being a child in a puzzling and sometimes frightening adult world.
The remote town in the Welsh valleys was a wonderful, magical - but sometimes dangerous - place in which to to grow up. It was there that Iffy, Bessie, Fatty and Billy experienced a plague of frogs one summer, stumbled upon a garden full of dancing statues, found a skull with its front teeth missing - and discovered just what it was that mad Carty Annie was collecting so secretly in those jars of hers.
But at the end of that long, hot summer of 1961, one of the four children disappeared.
Over thirty years later, returned detective Will Sloane, never able to forget the unsolved case, returns to Wales to resume his search for the truth. His investigation will draw him into a number of interlocking mysteries, each one more puzzling than the last.
Written in a rich, sensuous and lyrical prose style full of the sights and sounds of childhood, 'A Jar Full of Angels' is a mesmerising, evocative - and wholly unforgettable - novel of psychological suspense.
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I absolutely loved this. The story has humour, darkness, long kept secrets and the ability to make you remember that magical feeling of being a child in a puzzling and sometimes frightening adult world.
