Quick Reads 5

The Boy Who Could Not Drown.
Eight-year-old Ollie can't wait for his family holiday to the Devon coast. Brixham means rock pools, salty air, and days spent crabbing on the harbour wall - simple joys under a summer sky.

But from the moment they arrive, there is something is wrong.

The locals watch Ollie too closely. Conversations stop when he passes. Old warnings surface in half-finished sentences and uneasy glances toward the sea. Beneath the postcard charm of the harbour, something unsaid has been festering for generations.

When Ollie's innocent crabbing awakens a long-buried secret, the town is thrown into turmoil. Storms gather. The past stirs. And the sea demands to be remembered.

As Brixham's darkest truth claws its way to the surface, one child's curiosity becomes the catalyst for a reckoning the town has spent decades trying to forget.

Some tides whisper. Others drag you under.

Each story in the Quick Reads series offers a different glimpse into the curious, sometimes unsettling forces that may exist just beyond the edges of everyday life. They are short, absorbing tales that invite the reader to step briefly out of the familiar and into something far more unpredictable.