<p>Pete's musical genius is his refuge when life with his bullying father and alcoholic mother gets too much. But his gift has a flipside that can send him crashing from euphoric highs to the darkest of depressions.Terry Barrow provides the lyrics to Pete's tunes. And he helps Pete fight the lows.After University, in Spain, they go from strength to strength in the recording studio and on tour. But tragedy's never far away in Pete's life. It brings them home again-unknown in their own country but rich enough to be able to do everything they ever wanted.Terry is content to take some time out and Pete seems to have found some peace at last. But when Pete sees the Old Camberwell House and learns about its odd history, his curiosity quickly turns to obsession, convinced that, finally, he will find his backbeat.And Terry wonders if, this time, he'll be able to save his best friend from the demon that's always been lurking in the shadows-that low too deep to escape.</p>

Looking for the Backbeat

Humor & Entertainment

Hughes, Malcolm

Puzzles & Games

Domilo

<p>DAVY ELIOT LOVES JUMPING OFF HIGH PLACES. THE SLIDE AND THE DEAD TREE BEHIND HIS CHILDHOOD HOME; BUNGEE JUMPING AS AN ADULT. THE SUBLIME MOMENT BETWEEN SKY AND GROUND HELPED FILL THE HOLLOWNESS INSIDE CAUSED BY GRIEF AFTER HIS FATHER'S DEATH AND HIS WIFE'S BETRAYAL. IT'S WHERE HE TURNS WHEN HIS LIFE UNRAVELS. WHEN DAVY DISAPPEARS, THE POLICE VISIT HIS FRIEND NEIL JUDD, A PSYCHOLOGIST WHO KNEW DAVY BEST. NEIL SUSPECTS THAT A DARK, SINISTER SECRET LIES BEHIND DAVY'S DISAPPEARANCE. DID DEPRESSION MAKE HIM WALK OUT ON HIS LIFE-OR DID HIS MENTAL STATE SPIRAL OUT OF CONTROL? WHERE IS ANNE JORDAN, DAVY'S EX- LOVER? IS DAVY REALLY CAPABLE OF MURDER? NEIL BELIEVES DAVY'S JOURNAL HOLDS THE ANSWERS BUT HAS NO IDEA OF THE JOURNEY HE IS ABOUT TO TAKE AS HE TRIES TO UNCOVER THE TRUTH. BACK THROUGH THE DEEPENING SHADOWS OF THE PAST. BACK TO OIL STREET. OIL STREET IS ABOUT REGRET AND GUILT, THE EROSION OF A MIND UNDER STRESS... OR ABOUT A SHADOW THAT DOESN'T FADE WHEN LIGHT PASSES OVER IT?</p>

Oil Street

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

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