Tombstoning
Tombstoning by Doug Johnstone, published by Penguin Books in 2006, is a suspenseful fiction novel that delves into the complexities of guilt and unresolved pasts. The story follows David Lindsay, who has spent fifteen years avoiding the site of his best friend’s mysterious death. When he receives an unexpected invitation from Nicola Cruickshank, the girl he has long admired, to attend a school reunion, David is compelled to confront his past and return to Arbroath, the place he has been running from.
As David navigates the reunion, he is faced with the haunting memories of his friend’s fall and the unsettling events that unfold when another person plunges from the cliffs, an act referred to as “tombstoning.” This novel explores themes of friendship, loss, and the struggle to confront one’s demons. With 244 pages, this edition invites readers into a gripping narrative that challenges David to either flee once more or uncover the truth behind the tragedies that have plagued his life.
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Your best mate just fell off a cliff in mysterious circumstances and you were the last person to see him alive. What do you do? Well, if you’re David Lindsay from Arbroath, you get the hell out of there and don’t return. Not for at least fifteen years. Until Nicola Cruickshank – yes, that Nicola, the girl you always fancied but never had the guts to approach – gets in touch and asks – no, demands – that you go back for a school reunion. To the place where it happened. The place you’ve been running from for fifteen years. Of course you go. Not to belatedly lay your mate to rest, but because you still fancy Nicola. The thing is, if you are David Lindsay, then returning to Arbroath isn’t going to lay any ghosts to rest. And when someone else takes a dive off the cliffs – an act the locals have taken to calling ‘tombstoning’ – while David’s there, he has a choice: run away again, or finally find out why people keep dying around him . . .
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