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The village is alive with rumours about the Tall Man and Tom lives in his house. Tom hears a boy in the cellar offering a 'special' acorn to a rat, Captain Rat, whom he begs to find the key to his leg-iron. The cellar is empty but Tom knows that the boy is real and he's convinced that he is trapped in a brutal past and the Tall's Man's prisoner. Each time Tom tries to help the boy, the Tall Man's ghostly presence intensifies. Who is the boy in the cellar and can they escape Tall Man?

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'A chilling, thrilling time-travel mystery. The Tall Man casts a long, dark shadow in this gripping tale.' Phil Hicks, author of The Haunting of Aveline Jones ' A creepy time-slip adventure  to keep children on the edge of their seats.  Enthralling.' The Telegraph

'A chilling, thrilling time-travel mystery. The Tall Man casts a long, dark shadow in this gripping tale.' Phil Hicks, author of The Haunting of Aveline Jones

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Mary Cathleen Brown gained a first- class degree in Creative Writing from Birkbeck College, where she received the Michael Donaghy Poetry prize. Her story Owl Eyes came second in the Fish Short Story competition, 2019. Her poems and short stories have been widely published. She comes from Ireland but has lived much of her life in Mexico. She now lives in London.

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