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The Witness

The Witness

by JaneBidder (Author)

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    Hardcover 2015

    $5.81
Synopsis

When Alice, a middle-aged mother and wife, sees a couple having sex in the park, she is embarrassed but walks on and thinks no more of it. Later, however, a policeman knocks on her door, asking her to make a statement about what she saw. The man from the couple is notorious for taking advantage of young girls, and the one from the park was only fifteen. Alice is the only witness. If she gives evidence in court, she might stop the man from hurting more vulnerable adolescents. But by putting herself on the stand, Alice risks exposing her own past ...

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 300
 Publisher: Accent Press Ltd
Published: 19 Feb 2015
ISBN 10: 1783751371
ISBN 13: 9781783751372

Media Reviews
`She writes so well and I m sure Inspector Morse would have enjoyed this.' Colin Dexter.
'A gripping thriller ... The story will enthral you until the very last page!' Candis magazine
Author Bio
Jane Bidder trained on the Thomson Graduate Training Scheme in Cardiff (along with some very well-known BBC names) and went on to write for Drapers Record and Parents and Woman's Own before turning freelance. While bringing up her children, she wrote regularly for numerous national newspapers and magazines including, 'The Daily Telegraph Weekend' section, 'The Mail on Sunday' and 'Woman' where she wrote a weekly page for ten years. In 2005, her first novel was published by Hodder & Stoughton (under the name Sophie King). Her eighth novel was published in March 2013 by Random House under the name Janey Fraser. All her novels have been in the Bookseller's Heatseekers' chart and one The Wedding Party was shortlisted for an award (see below). Jane has also had several short stories published in Woman's Weekly, My Weekly and Take a Break. She has contributed to short story anthologies published by Accent Press and the Romantic Novelists' Association. In 2006, after her first marriage broke up, Jane was selected out of several applicants to be the writer in residence of a high security prison for men (Grendon Underwood). Her initial contract was for two years but she stayed on for a third, at the request of the governor. Her role was to help men write: partly for therapy and partly for self-esteem which can reduce the risk of re-offending. Through her journalist contacts, Jane invited several outside speakers to talk at the prison, including Colin Dexter. Her experience gave her the inspiration for 'GUILTY'. When Jane left her post (which was partly funded by the Arts Council), she was invited to be an annual judge for the life story section of the Koestler Awards: given to prisoners and those in mental institutions. Two years ago, The Times ran a large feature on her work. Jane runs regular writing workshops and also speaks at literary festivals all over the world, including The Women's Fiction Festival in Matera, Italy; Winchester and Guildford. She has also been on breakfast television and Woman's Hour. Until her recent move to Devon, she was a tutor in creative writing at Oxford University Jane now lives near Exeter with her second husband and two sons. AWARDS 20004 Runner up for the Harry Bowling Award 20005 Winner of the Elizabeth Goudge Award 2010 The Wedding Party was shortlisted for Love Story of The Year by the Romantic Novelists Association.