Tim O\'rourke

Flashes Tim O\'rourke

Brief Description: Charley Sheppard is a seventeen-year-old girl who has flashes of visions which lately seem to all be of girls who have died down by the railroad tracks, and Tom Henson is a nineteen-year-old police constable who comes to believe in her--and together they must find the killer before he strikes again. Marc Notes: First published in the United Kingdom in 2014 by Chicken House.; Charley Sheppard is a seventeen-year-old girl who has flashes of visions which lately seem to all be of girls who have died down by the railroad tracks, and Tom Henson is a nineteen-year-old police constable who comes to believe in her--and together they must find the killer before he strikes again. Biographical Note: Tim O'Rourke was a serving police officer for fifteen years, but now writes full time. "Flashes" is his debut young adult novel. Tim lives in England with his wife and three sons. You can visit him at www.kierahudson.com. Publisher Marketing: Charley has visions . . . Flashes of things she can't explain. A girl in trouble. The sound of trains. She feels certain they are clues to a crime. But no one will believe her. Until she meets Tom, a young policeman on his first case: an accidental death on the railway tracks, not far from where Charley lives. Was it an accident, suicide . . . or murder? The attraction between Charley and Tom is instant, but can they work together to find out what really happened on the tracks before it happens again? Review Citations:

Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2015 (EAN 9780545829595, Hardcover)

Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2015 (EAN 9780545829595, Hardcover)

School Library Journal 10/01/2015 pg. 116 (EAN 9780545829595, Hardcover)