Description
He wants your life...
Matt Langley used to be somebody. Back in the late ''90s his star shone bright. Thanks to his debut novel, the shocking The Devil''s Debt, he was at the forefront of the Bright Young Things. He was on chat shows and culture shows. He was the man of the moment. And then it all stopped, because there was no second book.
Now, with his marriage to Naz on the rocks, they''re trying to start over. They''ve sold the house that The Devil''s Debt built and moved to a farmhouse deep in the wilds of Northumbria, where no one knows them, and for a while their new life is fragile but good. Furthermore, Matt''s leading a writing group at the library and is even thinking about writing again.
Marlin is part of that writing group. He''s a quiet young man who has survived things no kid should ever have to. On meeting Matt he shows him his battered copy of The Devil''s Debt. The book is filled with underlinings and notes and, h
