"At his best Jeffreys writes memorable, perturbating prose with an overwhelming sense of menace. The stories stay with the reader, touching something in the psyche that is both troubling and intriguing." Bristol Review of Books.
"After the guards departed, Bryan hugged his son. He knew at once, from the way Nicholas’s gaze
searched his face, that this was the day.
Questions were coming. What he
didn’t know was how he was going to answer those questions in a satisfactory
way."