The Amber Fury

Hardback Published on: 06/03/2014
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The Amber Fury
A striking and powerful page-turner.
A sharply written, powerful novel about revenge and obsession. Told from the point of view of a teacher whose fiance has been murdered and the diary entrie... READ MORE
Lucy OConnor Walton on Thames
The Amber Fury
A striking and powerful page-turner.
A sharply written, powerful novel about revenge and obsession. Told from the point of view of a teacher whose fiance has been murdered and the diary entrie... READ MORE
Lucy OConnor Walton on Thames

Synopsis

When you open up, who will you let in?

When Alex Morris loses her fiance in dreadful circumstances, she moves from London to Edinburgh to make a break with the past. Alex takes a job at a Pupil Referral Unit, which accepts the students excluded from other schools in the city. These are troubled, difficult kids and Alex is terrified of what she's taken on.

There is one class - a group of five teenagers - who intimidate Alex and every other teacher on The Unit. But with the help of the Greek tragedies she teaches, Alex gradually develops a rapport with them. Finding them enthralled by tales of cruel fate and bloody revenge, she even begins to worry that they are taking her lessons to heart, and that a whole new tragedy is being performed, right in front of her...

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Atlantic Books
  • ISBN: 9781782392750
  • Number of pages: 320
  • Dimensions: 240 x 161 x 27 mm
  • Weight: 555g

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The Amber Fury
Ancient Drama, Modern Blood
Published with an endorsement on the cover from S J Watson, The Amber Fury is being billed as a 'thriller' and a 'page-turner'. This seems to me to be an e... READ MORE
gamalog
The Amber Fury
The Fury Will Out
"The Amber Fury" first novel from Natalie Haynes. A very different read from what I expected when I looked at the cover. A well crafted story of Alex, a qu... READ MORE
Ron Hancock
The Amber Fury
Gripping
Alex Morris takes a job at a pupil referral unit in Edinburgh, after losing her fiancé to a violent murder. She thinks that moving from London will allow h... READ MORE
Anne Watkinson
The Amber Fury
Engaging but reveals too much too early
This is a story told in two parallel flashbacks which converge at the end of Act 4 for the final denouement in Act 5. As mentioned by the other reviewers, ... READ MORE
Hikari
The Amber Fury
Gripping Read!
A brilliant debut novel from Natalie Haynes. I really enjoyed this book right from the first couple of pages it had my full attention, so much so, that I r... READ MORE
mimimonkey
The Amber Fury
What a read!
I thought the start was a bit slow, I was sure the author wanted me to think that the story will go a certain way, to lull me into a sense of....I don't kn... READ MORE
Hela
The Amber Fury
Gently Gripping
This is a delightfully easy book to read – it is light but deep, well-constructed and I felt emotionally engaged with the key players throughout. The book... READ MORE
sophie56
The Amber Fury
Great readability
I really enjoyed this book and for me it was a real page turner and a quick easy read with some funny laugh out loud moments.
IRIELADY
The Amber Fury
a great read
I haven't read a book like this in a while (if ever). It follows the story of a grieving lover who throws herself into work at a PRU but unknowingly becaus... READ MORE
ithoughtitwasa
The Amber Fury
Everyone has to live the life they have, don’t the
For Alex Morris, the life that she is having to lead is hard. A qualified but inexperienced teacher, she's landed a job in a Pupil Referral Unit in Edinbur... READ MORE
Anne Cater
The Amber Fury
A Compelling Debut
In The Amber Fury, Natalie Haynes combines her love of Greek tragedy with a psychological thriller to great effect. As the story begins we learn that Alex ... READ MORE
The Jane Hall
The Amber Fury
AMAZING!
I didn't really have very high hopes for this book, honestly the topic didn't intrigue me that much. But I was blown away by this book, it was absolutely s... READ MORE
Bebby
The Amber Fury
Great Story
I thoroughly enjoyed this story of a grieving teacher working with dysfunctional teenagers whose self absorption means she fails to notice that one of the ... READ MORE
Revel
The Amber Fury
Gripping Read
'The Amber Fury' is an absolutely fantastic book. There are a lot of "I couldn't put it down" cliches when it comes to book reviews, but the story was so c... READ MORE
Mils
The Amber Fury
Dark and emotional!
The Amber Fury is the first book I`ve read by Natalie Haynes and it did not dissappoint. The story sent me on an emotional roller-coaster. The strong, vivi... READ MORE
Ilona
The Amber Fury
Wow... what a book!
This is a powerful tale that, like the plays Alex taught the children, is full of cruel fate, loss, betrayal and revenge! Natalie Haynes has created a wond... READ MORE
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