Ruth Dowley

Ruth Dowley has worked with preschoolers and children with special needs and taught in schools. She is currently a university tutor. She has written several novels for children, including THE GHOST PERSON published by Andersen Press. She is married with two sons and lives in Oxford.

Leslie is holidaying with her family near the sea. It should be an idyllic time, but she is furiously unhappy with Gilly, her new boss queen stepmother and is exasperated by her father. Exploring rocks near their holiday cottage, Leslie discovers a fearsome secret place. Despite meeting a fabulous boyfriend, she becomes obsessed with what is concealed there. When Gilly forbids Leslie to see her boyfriend, revenge and obsession lead to horrific danger. It takes a dramatic night-time cliff climb and rescue for stepmother and stepdaughter to be reconciled.