Books by Chris Brookes

On a bleak night in 1916, news breaks of a pit disaster. The next morning a woman is discovered on a colliery spoil heap, at the edge of exhaustion, bewildered - tortured by her thoughts.Sheffield court missionary, Robert Elliott, and his friend, Professor Tom Sharpe, are mystified by the case notes of 'MARION'. Their unique blend of logic and insight should have provided all the answers, but for each puzzle that they solve, another appears to take its place.In nearby Haddington Hall, baronial home of the aristocratic Warsop family since the 1700s, shocking secrets lurk beneath the veneer of respectability. Pitting their wits against a noble family twisted by vengeance and malice, Elliott and Sharpe may have found the key to the mystery when they discover a notorious book in the Hall's ancient library.

Sheffield, England, 1912. When a mute criminal known as 'the Street Arab' is taken into custody, police call on court missionary, Robert Elliott, to try and unravel the enigma. With the help of Mary O' Driscoll, a sharply perceptive nurse, Elliott reveals the prisoner to be Walter Stanford, a man with a blemished past and who is about to change their lives forever. As Elliott tries to understand the significance of a mysterious note found in a locket on the cell floor, Mary becomes haunted by a series of lucid dreams about Walter's life and a dark harrowing crime. But why have they all been brought together? Is it simply fate? Or could it be strange intervention to bring closure to a chilling past? One thing is certain...the answers have consequences! What readers are saying... "I adored this book." "Dark and foreboding one minute, so genteel the next - absolutely brilliant!" "Some days I found it difficult to put down as I was so engrossed."