“But death has taken root inside you and you know it will grow, like a cancer with a voice, from now until the day it consumes you whole.” — S.J. Bolton Copy Share Image
“The room was modern, but there was something about the arrangement of so much gleaming steel, the careful placement on the counters of jars… — S.J. Bolton Copy Share Image
“Of course, 85 per cent won’t be enough by itself to convict him, but it makes him someone you want to take seriously.” — S.J. Bolton Copy Share Image
“It gets to you, life on the streets, even when you know that for the moment at least you have somewhere else to go.… — S.J. Bolton Copy Share Image
“The trees on either side were very tall and thin, like long, skeletal fingers reaching to the sky. The few remaining leaves were still… — S.J. Bolton Copy Share Image
“Every time Tom was tempted to turn back, he made himself think of his brother. Joe, who he sometimes thought had been sent to… — S.J. Bolton Copy Share Image
“OFFICIAL ESTIMATES SAY THAT BETWEEN 1,000 AND 1,500 people sleep rough on the streets of London on any given night. Many of them are… — S.J. Bolton Copy Share Image
“Karen Curtis had never thought she would die to the sound of Julie Andrews.” — S.J. Bolton Copy Share Image
“THERE ARE TIMES when just waking up can feel like the hardest thing anyone could ever ask you to do. The first morning after… — S.J. Bolton Copy Share Image
“white-suited figures were making their way around the site like phantoms. The scene-of-crime officers had arrived. They would establish an inner cordon around the… — S.J. Bolton Copy Share Image
“But death has taken root inside you and you know it will grow, like a cancer with a voice, from now until the day… — S.J. Bolton Copy Share Image
“Scared by the noise, Millie looked down at her brothers. Then she held out both arms and Tom's stomach turned cold. She was going… — S.J. Bolton Copy Share Image
