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Tainted
Six-year-old Jenny Williams almost died in the car accident that cruelly claimed the lives of her best friend Lily and Lily's parents. Her brush with death and her recovery saw Jenny labelled a miracle child. When she was finally released from hospital, her physical scars may have healed, but something sinister was still within her head - a shadow on her mind that would eventually grow and dominate her later life. As a teenager, a horrific series of murders would awaken that shadow and that best friend she'd lost all those years ago loomed high in her mind. Disturbed by the tainting of her mind, Jenny set off in search of a new life. She would soon discover, her old life, though, was not that easy to leave behind. How would Jenny cope with the realisation that she was forever tainted by the past as she becomes one of the most hated teenagers in Britain.
452 pages, Hardcover
Published June 30, 2017
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April 5, 2018
Colin Griffiths has a real talent for developing characters who are extremely creepy and, who behind their ‘normal’ exterior, have dark undercurrents simmering to the boil.
As a child, Jenny is involved in a car accident which claims the life of her best friend, Lily. Then, at the age of seventeen Jenny learns that she has a gift she’d rather not possess – that of seeing dead people…
Suddenly her life is spiralling out of control. Her father is convicted of a terrible crime and she finds herself on the road and looking for a fresh start, followed closely by her toxic stepfather who will stop at nothing to try and satisfy his perverted desires.
Will Jenny ever find peace in her life and return to the people who love and care for her?
As a child, Jenny is involved in a car accident which claims the life of her best friend, Lily. Then, at the age of seventeen Jenny learns that she has a gift she’d rather not possess – that of seeing dead people…
Suddenly her life is spiralling out of control. Her father is convicted of a terrible crime and she finds herself on the road and looking for a fresh start, followed closely by her toxic stepfather who will stop at nothing to try and satisfy his perverted desires.
Will Jenny ever find peace in her life and return to the people who love and care for her?
March 20, 2017
Poor Jenny Williams suffers a traumatic event at the age of 6. She is a survivor of a car crash, which kills a friend and the friend's parents. As she grows, she finds herself thinking about her dead friend while trying to live a normal life, and she does a good job of it.
During her teens, a series of murders once again throws Jenny's mind into turmoil, and back to the friend she lost all those years ago.
I will not spoil the story by saying any more, but here's what I liked. Mr Griffiths is a very good storyteller with a natural flair to make his characters believable, even when the story involves ghosts, as in his previous books.
The group of characters, from Jenny's mother and father, who divorce, to Frankie and others in her circle are a good supporting cast and enrich the tale. The story itself is moved along by good strong dialogue, and I like that about this author's writing.
The story, whilst not what I would call suspenseful or dramatic, does have a darkness about it that made me want to keep reading and turning the pages, especially towards the end.
All in all this is a good book, well worth the read.
During her teens, a series of murders once again throws Jenny's mind into turmoil, and back to the friend she lost all those years ago.
I will not spoil the story by saying any more, but here's what I liked. Mr Griffiths is a very good storyteller with a natural flair to make his characters believable, even when the story involves ghosts, as in his previous books.
The group of characters, from Jenny's mother and father, who divorce, to Frankie and others in her circle are a good supporting cast and enrich the tale. The story itself is moved along by good strong dialogue, and I like that about this author's writing.
The story, whilst not what I would call suspenseful or dramatic, does have a darkness about it that made me want to keep reading and turning the pages, especially towards the end.
All in all this is a good book, well worth the read.
September 27, 2017
I have read several books by this author and always enjoy the journey. I do have to warn people there is some bad language and sexual situations in this book, but mostly what you will find is an intriguing story. It begins with a car wreck when Jenny Williams is only six years old, she lost her friend in that wreck, but she hasn't left Jenny's side, not really. Jenny can see her. Jenny has a lot of other things to deal with besides her new strange ability.By the time she is seventeen, Jenny's parents are divorced and she is forced to head on her own to find if her ability makes her tainted or if even more is happening to her. The author writes a tale that touches the spiritual and is also a story of growing up with the difficulties thrown at us.
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A searching and compassionate story
Another blockbuster from Colin Griffiths. This time it’s all about a young girl called Jenny Williams who almost dies in a car crash that claims the lives of her best friend, Lily and her friend’s parents. Unable to free herself from visions of her best friend, Jenny finds it difficult to escape the past and come to grips with the rest of her life. A searching and compassionate story by a master storyteller.
A searching and compassionate story
Another blockbuster from Colin Griffiths. This time it’s all about a young girl called Jenny Williams who almost dies in a car crash that claims the lives of her best friend, Lily and her friend’s parents. Unable to free herself from visions of her best friend, Jenny finds it difficult to escape the past and come to grips with the rest of her life. A searching and compassionate story by a master storyteller.
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