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The Bird Yard (Mass Market Paperback)

by Julia Wallis Martin (Author)
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To flocks of inquisitive small town lads, the condemned Victorian mansion is as mesmerizing as the hundreds of finches flitting in the overgrown aviary behind it. Yet those who venture beyond the gates are soon as powerless as the fragile winged creatures imprisoned by the mesh cage overhead. For a bizarre stranger lurks in the shadow of the crumbling walls, patiently waiting for the right moment to swoop in for the kill...

One by one, the boys of Manchester are disappearing from the overgrown garden. Haunted by his own broken promise to the mother of the first child--a promise to bring her son home alive-- Detective Parker is determined to unmask the predator. To do so, he must unlock the twisted secrets held captive in the complex mind of a killer who is, even now, circling his next prey...

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5.0 out of 5 stars one of the very best..., Jul 1 2001
It can't be easy to take a subject like this and make it compelling, but Julia Wallis Martin does just that. It's a really gripping read with credible characters. The plight of Brogan and Roly is drawn with much compassion and intelligence. If you've already read A Likeness In Stone then you won't be surprised by Martin's ability to weave complex plots and create a chilling atmosphere. Long Close Call follows - only published in the UK at the moment, but get it if you can, get hold of a copy. Wallis Martin writes wonderful psychological thrillers, really one to watch.
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3.0 out of 5 stars The Birds Meet Jason, Jun 6 2001
By "bibliomane01" (Arlington, VA USA) - See all my reviews
On a crumbling Council estate on the outskirts of Manchester, a strange man has built a large aviary to house his collection of exotic finches. Several young boys have been seen there over the years, and some have disappeared. Detective Superintendent Parker has spent five years looking for young Joseph Coyne, and when yet another boy goes missing the investigation leads the policeman to the Bird Yard. Neither he nor Murray Hanson, a consulting criminal psychologist, are prepared for what lies ahead...

Urban decay and the Hitchcockian flutter of the birds in the aviary form the background to a tale of paedophilia and ritual murder that doesn't quite reach the levels of Julia Wallis Martin's moody masterpiece, "A Likeness in Stone." The tension leaks away through inaction and the investigative aspects are not very intriguing; the subplot involving the psychologist dealing with his own personal demons seems contrived, and the ending is predictable. Overall, the book would have worked better if it had been about sixty or seventy pages shorter. Nevertheless, even in this less successful work Ms Martin rises well above the herd and her work will bear watching in the future.

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