It's 1945 and Martin Heath, like many men at that time, is struggling to settle, to find his place again after the horrors of war. Then an old comrade sends him a letter and tells him of a position that's just come up in the remote wilds of Dartmoor - working for an elderly fellow called Mr Godley. Are you a good driver, Mr Heath? It's a simple question and a simple task and the doorway to a dark mystery that may just turn out to be the escape he was hoping for - but at what cost?
For the past decade Mal Peet quietly accrued literary awards in the UK, the USA and Europe - including The Branford Boase Award, a Nestle Children's Book Award, The Carnegie Medal and The Guardian Children's Book Prize as well as a number of American awards. He passed away in 2016 and is sorely missed by both his loving family and the literary world.
Title: Mr Godley's Phantom
Author: Peet, Mal
ISBN: 9781910989524
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Publisher: David Fickling Books
Publication Date: 2019-08-01
Number of Pages: 240
Weight: 0.2301 kg
'Worth reading slowly, if you can, to savour every last drop of Peet's rare imagination' The Sunday Times