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Mister Kreasey's Demon
Mister Kreasey's Demon
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About the book:
Village teacher, Matt Kreasey, is reduced to paranoia by the street-hardened students in his new inner-city London post.
His student, Amy, lets him glimpse at love, but could she, too, be one of those gathering with the hunting knife which has already ended the life of his colleague ?
Can a paranoid stop himself from destroying she, alone, who might have shown him what enduring love could be ?
TAGS for Mister Kreasey's Demon :
Blackheath - London, a farewell to fear, paranoia, the girl who saved her teacher, love, an older man, uplifting...
REVIEWS :
Laxmi Hariharan - Author of The Destiny of Shaitan
"I am a big fan of Nickford's writing.
His descriptions are so rich you can sometimes get lost in the detail but on the whole I found it a great way of getting lost. The characters are what makes this book much more than a story about a paranoid teacher and the strange affection which grows between Matt Kreasey's teenage student, Amy, and himself when confronted by a class of students who torment their every hour and make love difficult to survive between teacher and student.
When Matt tries to help the teenage and stuttering simpleton, Philip, from the danger posed by his own street-hardened students and sees the boy running along a railway line, oblivious to the danger of oncoming trains, the relationship is as tender as that between Matt and Amy, though in its own way moving. Philip, another of his students, is something of a simpleton, a big lumbering sixteen-year-old but, sadly, can only behave like an eager junior school boy, yet perhaps just because of this, he is natural and spontaneous in his recognition of the gentle side of Matt, when all the other students want to take him apart for his sensitivity.
'So would you? Mister Kreasey - Matthew? I mean, would you c-c-come? Come and spot the trains - with me? And not have any more of these t-t-tablets tonight?' Philip asked, fired by his swigs of brandy to offer up sausage-greased fingers with which to discourage his ex-teacher from removing the cap to another little brown medicine bottle of Diazepam.
Kreasey smiled at Philip. The lad possessed a serendipity of a head; full of this, full of that; swayed by his fears, swayed by his heart; swayed by brandy; so much he couldn't settle on anything longer than a pollen-glutted bee crawling in and out of a flower...
I could have read this for the observation of character alone, but the threat of conspiring students - one with a hunting knife - and the glimpse at real love that a paranoid might one day see in full with Amy made this a well worth the read.
Some unusual companions for characters but they come alive on the page.
The characters are what makes this book much more than a story about a paranoid teacher and the strange affection which grows between Matt Kreasey's teenage student, Amy, and himself when confronted by a class of students who torment their every hour and make love difficult to survive between teacher and student."
Barbara Erskine - Author of Lady of Hay
"Beautifully observed characters. Atmospheric and Intriguing."
A. Rushbrooke -
"Teacher, lover or lamb to the slaughter?
Teenage students take a sensitive paranoid teacher apart like a pack of wolves. When you expect Matt would be reduced to hatred, you still see a side of him which is tender.
I wanted to find out whether Matt would survive - not so much the knife or the collective beating - but his demons and I suppose, most of all, the one chance at love with Amy that might elude him."
Marsha Moore - Author of The Hating Game.
"As a former London teacher, Raymond Nickford has nailed the teacher's fear of the 'Lord of the Flies' pack mentality perfectly. And what a cliffhanger!"
Bernard Forrest -
"Love where you might not expect to find it.
Basically, this is a moving character-driven story of a simple love trying to blossom when hemmed in on so many sides by the ever-present threat of teacher Matt Kreasey's malcontent back-street students who daily grow more resentful of the all too sensitive man who dares to teach them poetry.
Class divides and rags to riches themes have already been done brilliantly - but to death - by other authors such as Catherine Cookson, yet while Mister Kreasey's Demon also has elements of these ever present themes, it stands out for its unforgettable observation of character."
Jane Alexander - Author of Walker
"This sends shivers down the spine.... the author does anxiety/paranoia so chillingly well."
raymondnickford-psychologicalsuspense.weebly.com
About the book:
Village teacher, Matt Kreasey, is reduced to paranoia by the street-hardened students in his new inner-city London post.
His student, Amy, lets him glimpse at love, but could she, too, be one of those gathering with the hunting knife which has already ended the life of his colleague ?
Can a paranoid stop himself from destroying she, alone, who might have shown him what enduring love could be ?
TAGS for Mister Kreasey's Demon :
Blackheath - London, a farewell to fear, paranoia, the girl who saved her teacher, love, an older man, uplifting...
REVIEWS :
Laxmi Hariharan - Author of The Destiny of Shaitan
"I am a big fan of Nickford's writing.
His descriptions are so rich you can sometimes get lost in the detail but on the whole I found it a great way of getting lost. The characters are what makes this book much more than a story about a paranoid teacher and the strange affection which grows between Matt Kreasey's teenage student, Amy, and himself when confronted by a class of students who torment their every hour and make love difficult to survive between teacher and student.
When Matt tries to help the teenage and stuttering simpleton, Philip, from the danger posed by his own street-hardened students and sees the boy running along a railway line, oblivious to the danger of oncoming trains, the relationship is as tender as that between Matt and Amy, though in its own way moving. Philip, another of his students, is something of a simpleton, a big lumbering sixteen-year-old but, sadly, can only behave like an eager junior school boy, yet perhaps just because of this, he is natural and spontaneous in his recognition of the gentle side of Matt, when all the other students want to take him apart for his sensitivity.
'So would you? Mister Kreasey - Matthew? I mean, would you c-c-come? Come and spot the trains - with me? And not have any more of these t-t-tablets tonight?' Philip asked, fired by his swigs of brandy to offer up sausage-greased fingers with which to discourage his ex-teacher from removing the cap to another little brown medicine bottle of Diazepam.
Kreasey smiled at Philip. The lad possessed a serendipity of a head; full of this, full of that; swayed by his fears, swayed by his heart; swayed by brandy; so much he couldn't settle on anything longer than a pollen-glutted bee crawling in and out of a flower...
I could have read this for the observation of character alone, but the threat of conspiring students - one with a hunting knife - and the glimpse at real love that a paranoid might one day see in full with Amy made this a well worth the read.
Some unusual companions for characters but they come alive on the page.
The characters are what makes this book much more than a story about a paranoid teacher and the strange affection which grows between Matt Kreasey's teenage student, Amy, and himself when confronted by a class of students who torment their every hour and make love difficult to survive between teacher and student."
Barbara Erskine - Author of Lady of Hay
"Beautifully observed characters. Atmospheric and Intriguing."
A. Rushbrooke -
"Teacher, lover or lamb to the slaughter?
Teenage students take a sensitive paranoid teacher apart like a pack of wolves. When you expect Matt would be reduced to hatred, you still see a side of him which is tender.
I wanted to find out whether Matt would survive - not so much the knife or the collective beating - but his demons and I suppose, most of all, the one chance at love with Amy that might elude him."
Marsha Moore - Author of The Hating Game.
"As a former London teacher, Raymond Nickford has nailed the teacher's fear of the 'Lord of the Flies' pack mentality perfectly. And what a cliffhanger!"
Bernard Forrest -
"Love where you might not expect to find it.
Basically, this is a moving character-driven story of a simple love trying to blossom when hemmed in on so many sides by the ever-present threat of teacher Matt Kreasey's malcontent back-street students who daily grow more resentful of the all too sensitive man who dares to teach them poetry.
Class divides and rags to riches themes have already been done brilliantly - but to death - by other authors such as Catherine Cookson, yet while Mister Kreasey's Demon also has elements of these ever present themes, it stands out for its unforgettable observation of character."
Jane Alexander - Author of Walker
"This sends shivers down the spine.... the author does anxiety/paranoia so chillingly well."
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