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Raymond Nickford has a degree in Psychology and Philosophy from the University College of North Wales and has been a college lecturer in English Literature. Troubled souls; the outsider, the lonely, his inspiration.
Author website and Meet the Author interview can be seen
raymondnickford-psychologicalsuspense.weebly.com
Village teacher, Matt Kreasey, is reduced to paranoia when confronted by the roughnecks he must teach at his new inner-city post in London. Between flickerings of reality and delusion his love for his student Amy is strained.
Could she be among those always gathering with the hunting knife which has already ended the life of a colleague ?
Amy's teacher struggles against his mental illness to relate to her, who he wants to love.
Can a paranoid now stop himself from destroying she, alone, who might have shown him what love could be ?
Some themes included :
London, a farewell to fear, paranoia, the girl who saved her teacher, love, an older man, uplifting
Other titles :
"Aristo's Family," a literary suspense set on the island of Cyprus.
"Mister Kreasey's Demon," a teacher haunted by his students, loved by one.
"Twists in the Tale," eerie, atmospheric tales of the unexpected.
"Cupboard of Skeletons," stories reflecting a whole spectrum of emotions ; from despair to tenderness, to enduring love.
" Family Stories of Love Beyond the Grave," haunting stories of those who search and 'reach out' to the lost, where, despite the dark beneath the headstone, their love, inextinguishable, lives still for the searcher.
Winner of the Harper Collins Gold Star award May 2010 :
"A Child from the Wishing Well" a father suffering paranoia struggles against mental illness to reach out to the daughter.
Editorial
Beautifully observed characters -
Barbara Erskine, bestselling author of River of Destiny
An atmospheric, vibrant, almost spooky page-turner. A psychological suspense,moving and tender.
Reay Tannahill, historian, novelist and author of The Seventh Son
The Story :
Heckled and threatened by the street-hardened students who mistake gentleness for weakness in their teacher, Matt Kreasey has perhaps just one trace of tenderness and that is for his young student, Amy. On Amy's passing Kreasey's neighbour on the steps of his apartment while visiting him to bring her teacher an overdue essay...
"Kreasey wondered whether his student had passed before his immaculately groomed neighbour, Doctor Mallaby, in her very highest heels, the ones that gave Amy an extra three-and-a-half inches over a world that had always seemed to look down on her beyond the narrow back streets from which she'd been born. On her first visit, she had seemed almost undernourished, shivering in a short skirt with a slit up the side.
She’d been clutching her essay to her low-necked top yet he’d wanted to tell her that she’d made him happy - just by appearing on his doorstep with her essay and those eyes... eyes which spoke of deprivation and held, for him, openness and simplicity more beautiful in themselves than he’d seen in any student before.
Amy, alone among his students, had tried to help him. She was searching his eyes, confused. He recalled those moments when, beside him in bed, her face had shared that open comic side of her lovemaking.
Author website and Meet the Author interview can be seen
raymondnickford-psychologicalsuspense.weebly.com
Village teacher, Matt Kreasey, is reduced to paranoia when confronted by the roughnecks he must teach at his new inner-city post in London. Between flickerings of reality and delusion his love for his student Amy is strained.
Could she be among those always gathering with the hunting knife which has already ended the life of a colleague ?
Amy's teacher struggles against his mental illness to relate to her, who he wants to love.
Can a paranoid now stop himself from destroying she, alone, who might have shown him what love could be ?
Some themes included :
London, a farewell to fear, paranoia, the girl who saved her teacher, love, an older man, uplifting
Other titles :
"Aristo's Family," a literary suspense set on the island of Cyprus.
"Mister Kreasey's Demon," a teacher haunted by his students, loved by one.
"Twists in the Tale," eerie, atmospheric tales of the unexpected.
"Cupboard of Skeletons," stories reflecting a whole spectrum of emotions ; from despair to tenderness, to enduring love.
" Family Stories of Love Beyond the Grave," haunting stories of those who search and 'reach out' to the lost, where, despite the dark beneath the headstone, their love, inextinguishable, lives still for the searcher.
Winner of the Harper Collins Gold Star award May 2010 :
"A Child from the Wishing Well" a father suffering paranoia struggles against mental illness to reach out to the daughter.
Editorial
Beautifully observed characters -
Barbara Erskine, bestselling author of River of Destiny
An atmospheric, vibrant, almost spooky page-turner. A psychological suspense,moving and tender.
Reay Tannahill, historian, novelist and author of The Seventh Son
The Story :
Heckled and threatened by the street-hardened students who mistake gentleness for weakness in their teacher, Matt Kreasey has perhaps just one trace of tenderness and that is for his young student, Amy. On Amy's passing Kreasey's neighbour on the steps of his apartment while visiting him to bring her teacher an overdue essay...
"Kreasey wondered whether his student had passed before his immaculately groomed neighbour, Doctor Mallaby, in her very highest heels, the ones that gave Amy an extra three-and-a-half inches over a world that had always seemed to look down on her beyond the narrow back streets from which she'd been born. On her first visit, she had seemed almost undernourished, shivering in a short skirt with a slit up the side.
She’d been clutching her essay to her low-necked top yet he’d wanted to tell her that she’d made him happy - just by appearing on his doorstep with her essay and those eyes... eyes which spoke of deprivation and held, for him, openness and simplicity more beautiful in themselves than he’d seen in any student before.
Amy, alone among his students, had tried to help him. She was searching his eyes, confused. He recalled those moments when, beside him in bed, her face had shared that open comic side of her lovemaking.
227 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2004
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About the author
Raymond Nickford
13 books2 followersRaymond Nickford says that, to him, "people are stranger than fiction, more fascinating".
Perhaps this is what led to his degree in Psychology and Philosophy at University College North Wales. His teaching of English in colleges and as a private tutor has, he believes, informed his literary thriller "A Child from the Wishing Well" featuring an eerie music tutor, her young pupil Rosie and Rosie's paranoid and inept father, Gerard, who nevertheless yearns to mean more to her.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Raymond-Nickf...
Meet the author :
http://susansbooks37.wordpress.com/20...
"A Child from the Wishing Well" can also be bought or sampled in Kindle from
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This book was selected by Harper Collins for their top 5 Gold Star Award on Authonomy.com, May 2010.
Candace Bowen, author of A Knight of Silence, has written of A Child from the Wishing Well :
"Growing up in a suburb of Chicago, the first scary movie I remember seeing was the 1965 Bette Davis movie, The Nanny. To this day, that movie has always stuck with me as one of the great psychological thrillers of all time. For me, A Child from the Wishing Well, by Raymond Nickford, is reminiscent of that movie.
Ruth, the eerie music tutor, and Gerard strap you in, and take you on a psychological thrill-ride to the very end."
Though people may be stranger than fiction, still, souls – particularly troubled ones – have been indispensable for Raymond's novels, Aristo's Family, Mister Kreasey's Demon and Twists in the Tale.
All these titles can now be sampled or bought for under £1.50 as downloaded Kindle e-books at:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_n...
If you don't have a kindle reader, you can now download a free kindle reader to sample e-books on amazon.co.uk using their KindleForPC or on amazon.com.
Nickford's genre, with hints of Hitchcock, is mainly psychological suspense with underlying romance, driven by his interest in "the outsider, the lonely and any driven to extremity".
Perhaps this is what led to his degree in Psychology and Philosophy at University College North Wales. His teaching of English in colleges and as a private tutor has, he believes, informed his literary thriller "A Child from the Wishing Well" featuring an eerie music tutor, her young pupil Rosie and Rosie's paranoid and inept father, Gerard, who nevertheless yearns to mean more to her.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Raymond-Nickf...
Meet the author :
http://susansbooks37.wordpress.com/20...
"A Child from the Wishing Well" can also be bought or sampled in Kindle from
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_nos...
This book was selected by Harper Collins for their top 5 Gold Star Award on Authonomy.com, May 2010.
Candace Bowen, author of A Knight of Silence, has written of A Child from the Wishing Well :
"Growing up in a suburb of Chicago, the first scary movie I remember seeing was the 1965 Bette Davis movie, The Nanny. To this day, that movie has always stuck with me as one of the great psychological thrillers of all time. For me, A Child from the Wishing Well, by Raymond Nickford, is reminiscent of that movie.
Ruth, the eerie music tutor, and Gerard strap you in, and take you on a psychological thrill-ride to the very end."
Though people may be stranger than fiction, still, souls – particularly troubled ones – have been indispensable for Raymond's novels, Aristo's Family, Mister Kreasey's Demon and Twists in the Tale.
All these titles can now be sampled or bought for under £1.50 as downloaded Kindle e-books at:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_n...
If you don't have a kindle reader, you can now download a free kindle reader to sample e-books on amazon.co.uk using their KindleForPC or on amazon.com.
Nickford's genre, with hints of Hitchcock, is mainly psychological suspense with underlying romance, driven by his interest in "the outsider, the lonely and any driven to extremity".
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