Set three years before the Memory Prisoner starts, Maddie is still deep in her self-imposed incarceration in her family home. A recent burglary has caused unease. Various items were stolen, including a framed photo -- the only picture the family has of the children's father, Quentin Palmer. Neither Maddie or Keith have any memory of him, and Mrs Palmer never speaks of him, except to say he's 'away on business'. But then one foggy night there's a knock at the door. The errant father has returned -- or has he?

 

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Hachette Children's Group .

Thomas Bloor is the author of seven children's novels, including The House of Eyes, winner of the 2003 Stockton Children's Book of the Year Award, and Worm in the Blood which won the Calderdale Children's Book Award 2006.