Voices in an Empty House (Black Dagger Crime Series)) [Hardcover]

Joan Aiken (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1997 | Series: Black Dagger Crime Series)

A boy with a serious heart condition takes t he decision that he wants to die, and disappears from home. While his family are searching for him, they receive a ranso m note from men claiming they have kidnapped the boy. '

Product Details

• Hardcover: 349 pages
• Publisher: Black Dagger Crime (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0745189385
• ISBN-13: 978-0745189383
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,560,610 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Joan Aiken (1924-2004) was the daughter of Pulitzer prize winning poet Conrad Aiken and started writing herself from the age of five. During her lifetime she published over one hundred books for children and adults, including the acclaimed Wolves of Willoughby Chase series. In the UK she received an MBE from the Queen for her services to Children's Literature.

This year sees the publication of a brand NEW story collection - The Monkey's Wedding - with previously unpublished material that shows Aiken on top form. This collection of funny, spooky, unexpected but classic Aiken stories has received wonderful reviews and will delight her readers. See below for details.

Her work continues to be adapted for film and television; she is established as a consummate storyteller,and recognized as one of the best loved authors of the twentieth century.

"The Wonderful World of Joan Aiken" is at www.joanaiken.com

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Aiken does well in with serious novel., December 5, 2005

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Peter LaPrade (worcester ma) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Voices in an Empty House (Hardcover)

"Voices in an Empty House" was a new direction from Joan Aiken. In it, Thomas Cook, a publisher with arthitis and frequent amnesia due to the pain meds tries to find his stepson, Gabriel Baird, the son of August "Gus" Baird, now-deceased genius and Nobel winner. Gabriel is hiding somewhere in New York City, and Thomas tries to find him so that Gabriel can have a life-saving heart operation. Also on the trail is Gabriel's mother, the extremely self-centered Bella and her brother Bo, who is dark, moody and may know more than he lets on. The book moves through flashbacks to the past, where Thomas has a dark secret, and the present as the climax goes to Staten Island and an old decrepit mill, where danger is closer than any realizes.