Caedmon’s Song

Peter Robinoson

Caedmon’s Song – 1990 

One warm June night, a university student called Kirsten is viciously attacked in a park by a serial killer. He is interrupted, and Kirsten survives, but in a severe physically and psychologically damaged state. As the killer continues, leaving a trail of mutilated corpses, Kirsten confronts her memories and becomes convinced not only that she can, but that she must remember what happened. Through fragments of nightmares, the details slowly reveal themselves. Interwoven with Kirsten’s story is that of Martha Browne, a woman who arrives in the Yorkshire coastal town of Whitby with a sense of mission. Finally, the two strands are woven together and united in a startling, chilling conclusion. Non-series novel.

Press Reviews

“Robinson has all the elements in this novel well in hand–pacing, place, character, dialogue–and he keeps the suspense moving right down to the twist ending.” Margaret Cannon, Globe and Mail