Woodhill Wood

"He had to go on. The snow helped him slide. He grabbed handfuls of grass, digging at it with his fingers and pulling himself forward over the ground. He flailed with both hands and pulled again. The sudden strength in his arms shot him onward and the pain vanished under a wave of desperation. So, with his heart pounding in his neck, Gurde dragged himself down the lawn like a beached seal sprinting for the sea."

Matt Duff parents are in constant conflict, so he spends his time alone on a hill not far from his house waiting for something to change. He thinks the newspapers point towards his lawyer father being the final victim of a UK serial killer but no-one believes him. His innocent attempts to help are the trigger that changes everything.