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The Waking that Kills by Stephen Gregory

Of Swifts and Gin (A Robert CBR6 Review)

January 6, 2014 by Robert Leave a Comment

Christopher Beale is a teacher without a school, pulled back to England after years of teaching English in a strict Muslim town in Borneo. His father has landed in a nursing home after a stroke, but Christopher still needs work. He takes on a private teaching job at the home of Lawrence and Juliet Lundy. Lawrence no longer goes to school and his mother Juliet wants a teacher to live with the family as a mentor, educator, and friend. Stephen Gregory has crafted a fine […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: gothic, horror, stephen gregory, the waking that kills

Robert's CBR6 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: gothic, horror, stephen gregory, the waking that kills ·
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