Liz Jensen
1) The rapture
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
In a merciless summer of biblical heat and destructive winds, Gabrielle Fox's main concern is to rebuild her career as a psychologist after a shattering car accident. But when she is assigned Bethany Krall, one of the most dangerous teenagers in the country she begins to fear she has made a terrible mistake...
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Formats
Description
Nine-year-old Louis Drax lies in a coma in a hospital bed, re-living the events that led to his near-fatal fall into a ravine. Despite being attracted to the boy's mother Natalie Drax, Louis' doctor, Pascal Dannachet, begins reluctantly to question her version of Louis' accident and the apparent culpability of her missing husband. As the boy struggles to communicate from within his coma, the chilling truth emerges...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2013, c2012
Description
In the wake of a series of baffling murders committed by children, anthropologist Hesketh Lock investigates a scandal in the Taiwan timber industry and wonders at his stepson's odd behavior before making a shocking connection upon the death of his Taiwan contact.
Author
Publisher
EKSMO
Pub. Date
2006
Description
Louis Drax has survived numerous deadly challenges. But it seems his luck runs out when he plummets from a cliff and nearly drowns on his ninth birthday. He is taken to a coma clinic and, as his condition continues, the dark secrets of his family emerge.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
After surviving eight near-death accidents throughout his unlucky life, Louis Drax plunges off a steep cliff on his ninth birthday. While police investigate the cause of Louis's near-fatal fall and the whereabouts of his violent father, Peter, acclaimed neurologist Dr. Allan Pascal uses unorthodox techniques to try to tap into the boy's unconscious mind and reveal the truth about the events that led to his condition.