Danny Innes is the wrong side of forty, he's estranged from his wife, his kids have grown up and he's lonely and bitter. But you never stop being a father. So when he hears that his daughter Charlotte is in jail in Thailand on drug-smuggling charges, Danny goes out to bring her home. But wherever he goes he is haunted, his every footsteps dogged by ghosts from the past and fears for the future. Smoking Poppy takes you on a journey into the spirit-haunted hills of Thailand and into the mysteries of the love a father has for his daughter. It's a book about love and redemption. And it's about the kind of demons you don't recognise until they are standing next to you.

Author Biography

Graham Joyce was born into a Coventry mining family and now lives in Leicester. In addition to writing he teaches a Creative Writing course at Nottingham University.