The Boat In the Bay

“…a faint vibrating sound rumbled towards him across the lake. Something was wrong, he was sure of that, but he could not work out what and there was no time now to go and look…”
Four children arrive for a boating holiday to find the lake flooded. They cannot even reach their boat. But that is only the beginning. Cut off from the familiar world, more and more things go wrong. Problems they thought they had solved become more and more serious.
In a thrilling climax, as the children discover the secret of the old boat moored in the bay, courage and resourcefulness are not enough and it is uncertain who will survive.
Alan Kennedy’s first novel is an affectionate homage to Arthur Ransome. Lovers of Ransome’s fiction will recognise many familiar themes.
“A delightful read for lovers of the Swallows and Amazons series; it made me smile out loud.” Sallie Eden, The Magazine of The Arthur Ransome Society.