But Dadier refuses to give up without a fight. His fellow educators are bitter, disillusioned, and too afraid of their pupils to risk turning their backs on them in the classroom. On his first day, Dadier endures relentless mockery and ridicule and makes an enemy of the student body by rescuing a female colleague from a vicious attack. A tough vocational school in the East Bronx, Manual Trades is home to angry, unruly teenagers exiled from New York City’s regular public schools. The “shocking” and “suspense-packed” bestseller about one teacher’s stand against student violence, and the basis for the Academy Award–nominated film (The New York Times Book Review).Īfter serving his country in World War II, Richard Dadier decides to become an English teacher-and for the sin of wanting to make a difference, he’s hired at North Manual Trades High School. DI Jim Neal is single dad who juggles his devotion to his job with caring for his son. She is fitness fanatic with a taste for dangerous relationships. A young couple, Nick and Samantha are found stabbed multiple times.ĭS Ava Merry is a young policewoman, recently promoted to detective sergeant. But it soon becomes the scene of two brutal slayings. But did any of them really want him dead?ĭetective Ava Merry goes to a forties-themed dance at Northfields Farm on Valentine’s Day. Business was bad, and his family and friends weren’t all on his side. Russell’s ‘angel investment’ company had made him many enemies. Val Marsh gets home to find her husband Russell shot through the head. Hours later, a second woman washes up on the banks of the same river. Īt the end of a drunken night out two students see something strange in the river: a young woman’s body. But instead they witness something far more terrifying. Two children sneak out on a freezing winter night, hoping to see a ghost. It seems that a number of people had motives to kill him, including his partner. DI Jim Neal and DS Ava Merry are called in to investigate. Gray Mitchell’s body is found buried under fresh snowfall in the early hours of the morning outside Stromford Cathedral. The last person to see Amy alive was Simon, the son of a family friend, but before he can be properly questioned he disappears.
New police partners, DI Jim Neal and DS Ava Merry are called in to investigate this brutal crime. Who killed Amy Hill? Amy Hill, a nineteen-year-old student, is strangled and her body dumped on open ground in the city.
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