Bøker av Ivan Arthur

Mark Finch a publisher, meets and rejects the author of a crime novel, " The Gardener ". He had played this game of chess with hopeful writers many times before, and usually he got the best deal for his company. He had made his opening gambit and despite upsetting the author, he felt he had this author where he wanted him. However, this time his arrogance would have grave consequences. The actions of one egocentric man touches many lives. Mary his wife, Jodie his P.A. David his golfing buddy. Steven his gardener. Tony, a homeless paper seller at Russel Square subway station in London, The wealthy Milligan brothers, and even "Chip" the dog. Who among his acquaintances had decided that on this particular day and at this tube station, it was time for retribution. This novel, "The Gardener", is character driven, and is set in London, Kent and Sussex, sharing a psychological insight into the complex relationship between this group of men and the women in their lives."Oh what a complex web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!" (Sir Walter Scott, 1808)

Nigel, the therapist from 'The Gardener' novel has moved to Brighton in Sussex, and set up a new practice. In this book we sit alongside Nigel as he meets some new and interesting clients. We also catch up with the life of Tony who featured in the previous novel. He has moved in with his partner and young child and works as a security guard but dreams of becoming a police officer. Will things go well for them and their new beginning? A young employee of American Express returns home to find that her flat has been broken in to. Detective Rhea is assigned to the case. As the narrative of the novel unfolds and the lives of the characters inter-link, the pieces of a puzzle gradually begin to fit together. Danger, love, shame, rejection, physical and mental hurt all feature in the novel. We discover that the choices that they make bring them face to face with the best and the worst of themselves. Understanding and forgiveness are hard to find. Join with the therapist in finding empathy with the characters that you meet in the novel. Follow the criminal investigation of an eccentric detective. Discover the insight and excitement that this brings. In this novel there is also the added bonus of joining Nigel as he reads the final chapters of 'The Gardener', by Jonathan Hope the author whose book was featured in the previous novel by Ivan Arthur of the same name.

"Kalia confessed to murder last night amid a hushed silence that lasted only a short while before he went into detailed account of the events that led to it . . . Thus begins one of the prayers in this book. This is a book of prayers that tell a story. But, of course, all prayers - all personal prayers - tell stories. Prayer is, in many ways, the spiritualization of incident, and in every fervent prayer one can find a short story of an epic sticking to it. The Mumbai pavement is wonderfully rich in story. For every twenty-or-so-steps that you take over it, your feet could be shuffling through chapters, or, perhaps, volumes of intricate plot, moving human drama and the most thrilling narrative. This book is those twenty-or-so-steps of narrative and plot, the story of a pavement dweller and his patch of pavement told in the most intimate form of narration: his personal prayer"--