The Quickening of Tom Turnpike (The Talltrees Trilogy) (22 page)

If you enjoyed the first instalment of the
Talltrees Trilogy, why not try the second, Tom Turnpike and the Shadow-Stalker?

“Three sacrifices of human flesh must the
creature make.  Three sacrifices and its transformation will be complete.”

Talltrees is plunged into a cruel, dark
winter.  Storms batter the school, rationing is taking a heavy toll and there
is a killer at large.

When the Gestapo arrives and begins to turn
over the school in search of who-knows-what, an atmosphere of suspicion and
deceit descends. A series of curious clues and coded messages leads Tom and his
friends to the heart of the British Resistance and the perpetrator of a string
of bizarre murders.

What kind of creature would commit these
killings?  What can be done to stop it?  And what has attracted the attention
of a band of threadbare travellers who have set up camp nearby?