Mean Tide

Kids can survive anything they say. Oliver aged twelve has a missing father in Africa his mother has had a breakdown and he is recovering from chemo. He is sent to live with his only relative. On a foggy day one bald boy with his cat Flop arrives at his Grandma's house at the water's edge in Greenwich. Oliver discovers to his horror that his Grandma a famous psychic hates cats. Her housekeeper Lena loathes kids and silent Justine seems to hate everyone. Add crazy Harriet who has seen every fortune teller in London; Aura a mysterious aspiring beautiful actress and Bullet the homeless kid with a very mean streak trouble can't be far behind. When Oliver and Justine find a beautiful dog with it's throat cut washed up on the riverbank Oliver feels a strange connection to this dead animal and so begins his own induction into a psychic world. 'An engaging unusual and completely engrossing read' - Beverly Birch - author of 'Rift'