Omega Cloister

By: John Wilson;

Language: English

Quality: Good

Genre: Novel,

ISBN: 9780006512233

SKU: BE500315835455

Pages: 389

Description: A hard-hitting modern British psychological thriller from the acclaimed author of Turmfalke and The Disappearance of Lyndsey Barratt. Praised on both sides of the Atlantic for his compelling combination of page-turning storytelling skills, relentless tension and unnerving topical themes, John Wilson has now created his most powerful psychological thriller yet -- a chilling tale about a breakdown of control in a high-security hospital. When journalist Ben Kirby leaves London for a new life in rural Wales, he finds a ready-made story almost on his doorstep. Nearby Lindisholm Hospital is a privately run high-security hospital regarded as a model for a new profit-making approach to treating mental illness -- until its policy of involving low-risk patients in the local community results in a series of bizarre incidents, including a fatal accident on Ben's farm. As he investigates, Ben begins to suspect that deep within the cloisters of this ultra-modern facility there are dark and disturbing forces at work...