Education Officer Richard West is sent to Middle Creek to investigate a complaint of a sexual nature. He learns of a teenaged girl who disappeared while on a Pony Trek three months before. As a deluded IRA veteran seeks to kill the local priest, Richard and his family become targets for murder. Can Richard save the priest and his own family from the assassin's attacks?
Autorentext
Dr Robert Fisk is a New Zealand author of ten titles. His books are thrillers, often with a message or reflection on our lives. Although his settings normally reflect New Zealand scenery and social life, the Simpson Family Inheritance trilogy is also about Europe in the early 1800s. Robert has been a teacher and school principal, an Education Officer in Brunei Darussalam, a lecturer at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman and lately a teacher of English at Otago University Language Centre.
Klappentext
An IRA bomber believes a priest betrayed him and seeks revenge. A school principal believes a six year old is being molested, and launches an investigation. In Middle Creek Primary School, a twelve year old believes her internet boyfriend is seventeen. Another pupil knows a dark secret about her friend Edwina, who disappeared while on a Pony Trek. An artist believes she will win the lottery. Welcome to Middle Creek, the fifth book in the Richard West series.