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2000s: Go back to the place you made the pact…
2000s: Go back to the place you made the pact…
A golden summer, and six talented friends are looking forward to the brightest of futures – until a daredevil game goes horribly wrong, and a woman and two children are killed.
18-year-old Megan takes the blame, leaving the others free to get on with their lives. In return, they each agree to a ‘favour’, payable on her release from prison.
Twenty years later Megan is free.
Let the games begin .
The city of Oxford features as an interesting backdrop. The roads, namely A329 and A40 are roads that take the reader and the characters along the twisty back streets around the city where certain memories were made…
The city and colleges provide history and a connection between the characters. Magdalen College was inspired to become All Souls College in the novel. There is no connection between the colleges in real life however.
Destination/location: Oxford Author/guide: Sharon Bolton Departure Time: 2000s
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