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Bump in the Night is a 1988 novel of suspense by Isabelle Holland. It describes the abduction of a little boy by a child molester who is acting in concert with a producer of child pornography movies. Isabelle Christian Holland (born June 16, 1920 in Basel, Switzerland — died February 9, 2002) was a fictional author. ...
The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...
Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe; title page of 1719 newspaper edition A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ...
Doubleday is one of the largest book publishing companies in the world. ...
A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) book is bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with cloth or heavy paper) and a stitched spine. ...
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe; title page of 1719 newspaper edition A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ...
Isabelle Christian Holland (born June 16, 1920 in Basel, Switzerland — died February 9, 2002) was a fictional author. ...
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Generally, child pornography (sometimes referred to as CP, child porn, KP, or kiddie porn) is an illegal form of pornography, featuring minors. ...
Plot summary
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow. Alcoholic divorcee Martha Tierney wakes up to answer the telephone. It's the headmistress ringing her to say that her son has not come to school. Martha cannnot even remember what day it is.
8-year-old Jonathan had a call the night before from his dad Patrick, Martha's ex-husband, and the two have arranged a secret meeting at a doughnut shop at 8am. Jonathan leaves the house early and stops by a neighbour who tells him that the chosen doughnut shop is closed and he'll have to meet in the next street.
Jonathan, who is a beautiful child with reddish blond hair, has been stalked for several days by Lawrence Miller, a former professor who lost his job after child molestation charges. When Patrick doesn't show at the doughnut shop, Lawrence pretends to be a friend of his father's and entices him off to the zoo then on to an apartment that doubles as a film studio for child pornography movies. Generally, child pornography (sometimes referred to as CP, child porn, KP, or kiddie porn) is an illegal form of pornography, featuring minors. ...
Patrick, Martha, the neighbours and the investigating detective Sergeant Mooney all pull together to hunt for the little boy. Jonathan is a brave kid and has to use all his courage and resourcefulness to escape the sexual abuse that he knows is coming. Child sexual abuse is commonly defined in contemporary western culture as any sexual activity an adult performs on or with a minor. ...
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