Border Crossing

First edition. 8vo. Pp. [vi], 216. Maroon cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine; tan endpapers.

Author's ninth novel. Plunging into an icy current to save a young man from drowning, a psychiatrist realizes he is the same 10-year-old boy he helped put away for murder as an expert witness a decade earlier. A tense psychological thriller, inspired by the James Bulger case, which explores the controversial issue of child murderers, in particular the aftermath once their sentence is served out.

From the Booker Prize-winning author of the Regeneration Trilogy and one of the original group of twenty "Best of Young British Novelists," selected by Granta in 1983. "Brilliantly crafted. Unflinching yet sensitive, this is a dark story expertly told." –Daily Mail