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Light Shining in the Forest
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
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Summary
Norman Stokoe has just been appointed Children's Czar by the new government. He sells his flat and moves up north to take up the position. However before his first salary cheque has even hit his bank account, new priorities are set for the government department for which he works. The Children's Czar network is put on hold but it is too late to reverse the decision to employ Norman.
So he is given a P.A. and a spacious office in a new business park on the banks of the Tyne. He settles down in his new leather chair behind his new desk, to wait for the green light to begin his mission. The green light never comes. What does happen is that two children go missing. As Children's Czar, surely this case should fall within his remit, but Norman has built a career on doing nothing, on stamping pieces of paper with "send to the relevant department". Now, faced with a campaigning journalist and a distraught mother, he is forced to become involved. The search will take him to dark places and will make him ask questions about the system he is supposed to uphold.
Read by David Timson. David Timson has recorded numerous audiobooks and poetry compilations and has recording the complete Sherlock Holmes stories for Naxos. He wrote The History of the Theatre, which won an award for most original production from the Spoken Word Publishers Association in 2001. His production of Richard III won Best Drama Award from the SWPA in 2001 and in 2002 he won the Audio of the Year Award for his reading of A Study in Scarlet.
Critic reviews
'An unsettling, haunting story...memorable, atmospheric and tense' THE LADY
'Well-written, well-crafted and constantly gripping' DAILY MAIL
'A disquieting and atmospheric psychological novel' DAILY EXPRESS
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- Mr
- 19-10-13
Chilling but excellent
This simply written but chilling novel starts with the shocking statistic that one child disappears every five minutes in the UK. I had to look it up, and was amazed to discover it's true. The narrator, David Timson, does an excellent job in conveying this unsettling narrative of child abduction. Don't listen with the lights out!
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- Jenny
- 09-02-14
Good story
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Yes, because it kept me gripped and listening until it was finished.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Although I have only just read this book,I havealready forgotten the names of the characters.... old age LOL. The girl was my favourite character, because although she was not of any importance to the main characters at the beginning, she managed to get herself to the centre of the action. Also she was the only one who had concern for the children and wasn't only helping out of self interest.
What about David Timson’s performance did you like?
Laid back but gave plenty of amosphere to this unpleasant subject.
Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I felt very involved, emotionally about the fate of the children.
Any additional comments?
I am not usually interested in supernatural fiction, but this aspect of the story was kept in the background and added to the plot rather than giving an easy get out.
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- Victoria Hulland
- 23-11-13
Strange but listenable.
What did you like best about Light Shining in the Forest? What did you like least?
The whodunit style storytelling of the child abductions.
What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
The most interesting was the terrifying yet scarily and in most cases accurate manner that missing children and their families get judged and pushed to one side by the authorities. Least interesting would be some of the characters back stories.
If this book were a film would you go see it?
Not really.
Any additional comments?
I felt this book was conflicted in its genre and I don't think it flowed well because of that, one minute you're engrossed in this Prime Suspect style abduction case, the next its like an episode of most haunted. I enjoy both mystery and supernatural stories but the 2 together is difficult to pull off and the contrast in this case stopped me from fully enjoying the story, but i did not hate it.
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