Running in the Dark

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Pub Date 28 Sep 2021 | Archive Date 06 Oct 2021

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Eleven year old Daniel Abercrombie is growing up in the difficult years following the Second World War. Orphaned at an early age, he is cared for by his Uncle Barney, a man of many talents but with a terrible secret that, he fears, threatens his future relationship with Daniel. They live in a small tenement flat, overlooking the railway line where, Daniel’s father had lost his life. This tragedy haunts Daniel but it also haunts his uncle. 

Daniel believes that his uncle has been involved in a violent incident that has led to his arrest. Fearing that he will be taken into care in an orphanage, he runs away from school. On his own, hiding and struggling to know what to do for the best, Daniel decides to seek out his friends, Ina and Billy, who will be able to help him. However, when he finally arrives at the spot where their caravan is normally to be found, he discovers that it has been completely destroyed by fire. Of his friends and their dog, Hamish, there is no sign.  

Daniel’s journey leads him into the bleak darkness of the countryside at night but also into the path of real peril in the form of two unscrupulous men. He will, though, also encounter unexpected kindness and a fearless rescue from an unexpected source. Finally he uncovers secrets that force him to think long and hard about the people around him.

Eleven year old Daniel Abercrombie is growing up in the difficult years following the Second World War. Orphaned at an early age, he is cared for by his Uncle Barney, a man of many talents but with a...


A Note From the Publisher

Rena Cooper was born in Scotland but has lived in Lincolnshire since the 1970s. She has had a long career in education as a teacher, headteacher and a literacy consultant for The National Literacy Strategy. Now in retirement she has concentrated on her writing. This is her first novel.

Rena Cooper was born in Scotland but has lived in Lincolnshire since the 1970s. She has had a long career in education as a teacher, headteacher and a literacy consultant for The National Literacy...


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Eleven year old Daniel Abercrombie is growing up in the difficult years following the Second World War. Orphaned at an early age, he is cared for by his Uncle Barney, a man of many talents but with a terrible secret that, he fears, threatens his future relationship with Daniel. They live in a small tenement flat, overlooking the railway line where, Daniel’s father had lost his life. This tragedy haunts Daniel but it also haunts his uncle.

Daniel believes that his uncle has been involved in a violent incident that has led to his arrest. Fearing that he will be taken into care in an orphanage, he runs away from school. On his own, hiding and struggling to know what to do for the best, Daniel decides to seek out his friends, Ina and Billy, who will be able to help him. However, when he finally arrives at the spot where their caravan is normally to be found, he discovers that it has been completely destroyed by fire. Of his friends and their dog, Hamish, there is no sign.

Daniel’s journey leads him into the bleak darkness of the countryside at night but also into the path of real peril in the form of two unscrupulous men. He will, though, also encounter unexpected kindness and a fearless rescue from an unexpected source. Finally he uncovers secrets that force him to think long and hard about the people around him.

This novel had all the feels in it. It was filled with tension and suspense, adventure and humour as well as taught important lessons about friendship, tolerance, honesty and kindness.

I loved the homely nostalgic world that Cooper created, set in a time where things were less complicated but by no means less difficult.

She tugged on the heartstrings as I followed Daniel’s journey seeking solace with his friends and the dilemmas he faced along the way and the sometimes hard decisions he was faced with. Coupled with a cast of enigmatic and interesting characters Running in the Dark was an epic read that I would definitely recommend.

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