I'm aware that it's unusual to devote so much of a review to the plot but this clever, and perhaps unique, premise deserves the attention. Besides all the other important elements – setting, characterisation, dialogue and pace – are spot on and there's little, if anything, to comment on.
If you enjoyed this, you might want to check out the children / teen books by author [[:Category:Philip Caveney|Philip Caveney]]. Why? Because it transpires that Danny Weston is, in fact, a pen name that Philip Caveney uses. But, more importantly, because The Bookbag loved the books he has written under his own name. [[A Crow Boy by Philip Caveney|A Crow Boy]], [[Night on Terror Island by Philip Caveney|Night on Terror Island]] and [[Spy Another Day by Philip Caveney|Spy Another Day]] all received the maximum five stars.
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