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Sean is on the run. We don't know why and we don't know from whom, but we do know he's abandoned his battered, blood-stained car in the middle of an isolated, lonely part of rural France at the height of a sweltering summer. Desperate to avoid the police, he takes to the parched fields and country lanes only to be caught in the vicious jaws of a trap. Near unconscious from pain and loss of blood, he is freed and taken in by two women - daughters of the owner of a rundown local farm with its ramshackle barn, blighted vineyard and the brooding lake. And it's then that Sean's problems really start...
Simon Beckett’s Stone Bruises is a fascinating tale of how the human psyche deals with loss, injury and pain. Battered and bruised Sean stumbles across an isolated farm in rural France where he becomes trapped by his injuries, his nightmares and the family who own the farm and lands.
The author paints a vivid picture, not only of the landscape, but of the characters. I was fascinated by the nonchalant cruelty in Sean’s past and his present, inflicted on him and on the girl he loved.
Here is a journey of love and loss, of cruelty and kindness that keeps the reader engrossed for hours.