Shelter

by Chaz Brenchley

“An exceptional, strange and affecting psychological thriller . . . mesmerizing, lyrical and hypnotic, with a stunning climax.”— The Bookseller


“Bewitchingly told. . . . This is a story to savor, with a twist in the tail that chills the very marrow.”— Manchester Evening News (England)


Rowan Coffey is nineteen when he leaves university, a bright-burning boy come home to hide after the cruel, casual murder of a friend. Rowan had no alibi; exhausted after weeks of being under suspicion, he’s looking for shelter, what’s warm, familiar, and safe.But what he finds is chill. And danger. And death . . .

Genres: Fiction, Horror, Fantasy

240 pages, Paperback

First published July 15, 1999

About the author

Chaz Brenchley has been making a living as a writer since he was eighteen. He is the author of nine thrillers, most recently Shelter, and two major fantasy series: The Books of Outremer, based on the world of the Crusades, and Selling Water by the River, set in an alternate Ottoman Istanbul. A winner of the British Fantasy Award, he has also published three books for children and more than 500 short stories in various genres. His time as Crimewriter-in-Residence at the St Peter's Riverside Sculpture Project in Sunderland resulted in the collection Blood Waters. He is a prizewinning ex-poet, and has been writer in residence at the University of Northumbria, as well as tutoring their MA in Creative Writing. His novel Dead of Light is currently in development with an independent film company; Shelter has been optioned by Granada TV. He was Northern Writer of the Year 2000, and lives in Newcastle upon Tyne with a quantum cat and a famous teddy bear.

Also known as author Daniel Fox.

Reviews

[Nicky · Rating 4 out of 5]

I gave this to a friend and she did not like it due to the if you like twist in the tale.
Thats what made the book intersting to me. As usual Brenchley makes his character very real and draws you into the tale. This is not my favourite of his books but I was intrigued by it and although I have not yet read it again, it is still sitting on the bookshelf waiting to lure me in to this slightly disturbed vision.