The Wild Ruins
About this audiobook
A generation of lost children...
In Victorian England, unwanted babies were a problem to be solved. In a lonely part of the countryside, The Wainwright School was lauded as a sanctuary. But the children who passed through its doors were never seen again.
A detective who can't leave the past alone...
Jake Jackson's wife is dangerously ill, and a rogue cop from his past has returned. He has troubles enough. But when a Victorian diary reveals the story of Mabel, a woman whose child vanished without a trace, Jake cannot leave her to history.
Some crimes take a century to solve...
The truth about Mabel's fate is far darker than Jake imagined. And as his own family's future hangs in the balance, he realises that some secrets are meant to stay hidden, whatever the cost.
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About the author
Stig Abell believes that discovering a crime fiction series to enjoy is one of the great pleasures in life. His first novel, Death Under A Little Sky, introduced Jake Jackson and his attempt to get away from his former life in the beautiful area around Little Sky, which was followed by his second and third novels, Death in a Lonely Place and The Burial Place.
Away from books, he co-presents the breakfast show on Times Radio, a station he helped to launch in 2020. Before that he was a regular presenter on Radio 4’s Front Row and was the editor and publisher of the Times Literary Supplement. He lives in London with his wife, three children and two independent-minded cats called Boo and Ninja (his children named them, obviously).
