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Based on the true story of a childhood growing up in a home for abandoned and unwanted children, The Homes is a beautiful and haunting thriller.

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'As moving as it is gripping... I loved it' - CHRIS BROOKMYREThere were good people in The Homes. But there were also some very, very bad ones...A thousand unwanted children live in The Homes, a village of orphans in the Scottish Lowlands on the outskirts of Glasgow. Lesley was six before she learned that most children live with their parents. Now Lesley is twelve, and she and her best friend Jonesy live in Cottage 5, Jonesy the irrepressible spirit to Lesley's quiet thoughtfulness.Life is often cruel at The Homes, and suddenly it becomes much crueller. A child is found murdered. Then another. With the police unable to catch the killer, Lesley and Jonesy decide to take the matter into their own hands. But unwanted children are easy victims, and they are both in terrible danger...Inspired by a true story, and introducing readers to the unforgettable voice of young orphan Lesley, The Homes is a moving and lyrical thriller, perfect for readers of Val McDermid, Chris Whitaker, Jane Casey and Denise Mina.

Author Biography

J.B. Mylet was inspired to write The Homes based on the stories his mother told him about her childhood. She grew up in the infamous Quarrier's Homes in Scotland in the 1960s, along with a thousand other orphaned or unwanted children, and did not realise that children were supposed to live with their parents until she was seven. He felt this was a story that needed to be told. He lives in London.

Review

'Tense yet tender, as moving as it is gripping... set to be one of the Scottish crime books of the year. I loved it' - Chris Brookmyre'Heart-warming, heart-breaking and utterly compelling. I could not put this beautiful book down and it stayed with me long after I finished it' - Marion Todd, author of the Detective Clare Mackay series'Amazing. I was hooked from the first page... A brilliant, must read story, all the more powerful because it's told through the bewildered logic of a child. I read it with an ache in my chest for all the Lesleys and Joneseys out there' - Anna Smith, author of the Kerry Casey series

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Based on the true story of a childhood growing up in a home for abandoned and unwanted children, The Homes is a beautiful and haunting thriller.

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Based on the true story of a childhood growing up in a home for abandoned and unwanted children, The Homes is a beautiful and haunting thriller. 'As moving as it is gripping... I loved it' - CHRIS BROOKMYRE There were good people in The Homes. But there were also some very, very bad ones... A thousand unwanted children live in The Homes, a village of orphans in the Scottish Lowlands on the outskirts of Glasgow. Lesley was six before she learned that most children live with their parents. Now Lesley is twelve, and she and her best friend Jonesy live in Cottage 5, Jonesy the irrepressible spirit to Lesley's quiet thoughtfulness. Life is often cruel at The Homes, and suddenly it becomes much crueller. A child is found murdered. Then another. With the police unable to catch the killer, Lesley and Jonesy decide to take the matter into their own hands. But unwanted children are easy victims, and they are both in terrible danger... Inspired by a true story, and introducing readers to the unforgettable voice of young orphan Lesley, The Homes is a moving and lyrical thriller, perfect for readers of Val McDermid, Chris Whitaker, Jane Casey and Denise Mina.

Review Text

'Tense yet tender, as moving as it is gripping... set to be one of the Scottish crime books of the year. I loved it' - Chris Brookmyre 'Heart-warming, heart-breaking and utterly compelling. I could not put this beautiful book down and it stayed with me long after I finished it' - Marion Todd, author of the Detective Clare Mackay series 'Amazing. I was hooked from the first page... A brilliant, must read story, all the more powerful because it's told through the bewildered logic of a child. I read it with an ache in my chest for all the Lesleys and Joneseys out there' - Anna Smith, author of the Kerry Casey series

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Based on the true story of a childhood growing up in a home for abandoned and unwanted children, The Homes is a beautiful and haunting thriller.

Details ISBN178816704X Author J.B. Mylet Publisher Profile Books Ltd Year 2022 ISBN-10 178816704X ISBN-13 9781788167048 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2022-05-26 UK Release Date 2022-05-26 Imprint Viper Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2022-05-26 Pages 320 Subtitle a totally compelling, heart-breaking read based on a true story Edition Description Main Alternative 9781800810570 DEWEY 823.92 Audience General NZ Release Date 2022-08-01 We've got this

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