Simon Bridges

A Place There is No Pain Simon Bridges

As a Chief Sports Reporter, 42 year old Robert Prior seems to have it all - travel, rubbing shoulders with successful sportsmen, beautiful women, and the freedom that comes with bachelorhood. But as the cracks slowly start to appear in his world, nothing could prepare him for the next 18 months. After a manic episode where he has only hazy recollection of what's happened, he is sectioned under the Mental Health Act. After a 28-day spell in hospital, he's diagnosed with bi-polar. And life, as he knows it, becomes unrecognisable and begins spiralling out of control. Having been arrested on suspicion of rape, he absconds from the UK - with the help of his ex-wife - to Cape Verde where he attracts a whole new set of problems. After being ripped off by a couple of shady characters, assaults by dogs and humans, and the harrowing uncertainty of not knowing who he can trust, Robert hits rock bottom. Fortunately, he has people fighting his corner, both in the UK and Cape Verde, but will they reach him in time to stop an even darker descent into psychological isolation? Will the British Police catch up with him? Or is divine intervention the only way to get Robert back on the right track? Contemporary fiction at its most thrilling, A Place There is No Pain will have you riveted from the first page. It delves into contrasting worlds and gives a vibrant snapshot of what life is really like behind the façade of a high-flying journalist's career. The multi-layers of this rich plot culminate in an intense, addictive and thoroughly stimulating read.