False Tongues

This is a book that touches on a new and very important topic - cyberbullying. When a seemingly perfect teenaged boy is found to have been knifed to death, the police at first have a hard time figuring out a motive. But when it appears that he has been involved in gay bashing and cyberbullying they find a nasty group of well off, well educated teenagers who see it as fun. At the same time Callie Anson, a curate in the Church of England, is off to a reunion of her theological seminary class. The contrast between the kindliness of the vicars and the nastiness of the teenagers makes one long for "the good old days". This is a provocative story which makes you aware of how technology has not always brought progress to the world and I would highly recommend it.

Two strong women, Reverend Callie Anson and Margaret Phillips, struggle to come to grips with their pasts and find happiness for the future, at a college reunion in Cambridge. Meantime, in London, cops Neville Stewart and Mark Lombardi are dealing with a teen stabbing. Is the attack the result of cyber bullying? And while Mark and Callie are separated, his family continues to try to undermine their relationship. Will Mark ever realize that his own happiness is as important as that of his family?