Bøker av Scott Richards

Two men share the same memories. A twenty-five-year-old hedonistic son of a wealthy business tycoon lives the high life of fast cars, promiscuous sex, and endless parties. A seventy-five-year-old, whose frail body is riddled with terminal cancer, suffering from aggressive Alzheimer's disease, confined to "The Beeches" geriatric hospital. Their lives are linked by the past, but have one other thing in common - both deny being Robert Machin. Only one knows the awful truth. Meanwhile, Staff Nurse Jenny Prideaux is hiding a sinister secret from her colleagues. A paranormal tale of twisted revenge and dark desire.

Stanley Mortimer lives alone. His wife is dead, his daughter has left for a new life in Canada, and he's content to see out the rest of his days, listening to music, watching the occasional film or, from time to time, the comings and goings of neighbours on the Crescent.Most see him as a reclusive, mildly eccentric, middle-aged widower, but he has a dark secret. He has a history of depression, and a propensity toward extreme violence. When a new family move into number 17, the tranquillity of his solitary existence is shattered; throwing his routine into chaos. They become the neighbours from Hell. Their unruly behaviour, noisy parties, and a barking dog test his patience to the limit, the slumbering beast awakens, and he snaps. He takes matters into his own hands. He unleashes his vengeance, and someone will pay with their life.

Stephen Mangham is dead, brutally murdered in his apartment, but George, his father, has no tears to shed, no grief in his heart. He despised his son, despises the mourners, but a stranger in the cemetery, watching from afar, gives him pause for thought, and unsettles him.The Beeches, geriatric wing of a local hospital, is closed for refurbishment. Stan Perkins, a former nurse, is on the verge of marriage, but undecided as to whether or not to return to his career once the renovation is complete. Memories of recent horrors, and the death of a colleague, haunt him. D.C. Robin Coldwell is suspended from active duty and drinking heavily, but husband, Oliver, is sure that solving the Mangham murder would give her purpose and focus.Neither is prepared for the awful truth. Are you?

Three teenagers, playing on local waste ground during an autumn half-term break, kill a rat.In the sewers beneath London, an initiation prank, played on a new recruit by a team of "flushers", backfires. Police investigating the suicide of a patient at a geriatric hospital, find it inexplicably linked to the recent murder of a wealthy young man. An electrician at the hospital harbours an unhealthy obsession for one of the nurses, which gradually festers, becoming dark desires but, ultimately, murderous rage. When the lights go out at The Beeches, patients and staff roam deserted corridors, stalked by a killer, and the screaming begins. Not for the squeamish.