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1989: ‘The week I shot a man clean through the head began like any other . . .’
The Sunshine Man
What you need to know before your trail
In January 1989, Birdie wakes to the news she’s been waiting eighteen years to hear. Jimmy Maguire, the man who killed her sister, has been freed from jail. Birdie leaves for London with a gun and a plan: to find him and make him pay. But there’s another side to the story, and she’s about to enter a world of family lies, worn-out loyalties and long-buried betrayals.
Did Jimmy kill Birdie’s sister, or is he the only one she can really trust? And when the truth is finally revealed, will she choose forgiveness – or retribution?
Travel Guide
Prisons and fictional villages
The novel clearly takes place in and around the South Coast but the mentions of real places are fleeting and not that key to the story. “Newton Prior” is a mid Devon town which holds the famous Sunshine Man statue but this is also fictional.
The prisons are real! Particularly Grendon which is used a lot in the book and which appears in the author note too.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Sunshine Man
Destination/location: England, Buckinghamshire, Devon Author/guide: Emma Stonex Departure Time: 1989
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