Outline of the main characters from Stone Cold By Robert Swindells

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Link/Dave: Main character in Stone Cold by Robert Swindells.  Link  got his name from the “Thames-link” railway sign. One of his first sites on arriving in London from Bradford or “up north”, as Link refers to it. Link becomes friends with Ginger, but does not 100% trust him.

Shelter: A former sergeant-major who has made it his sick mission to kill all of London’s homeless people. Shelter despises homeless people and thinks  they ‘make the place look untidy.’ Shelter wishes he was still in the army and uses military precision to lure homeless people into his house. He then kills them and hides their body under the floor boards calling them ‘the Camden Horizontals’.

Ginger: More streetwise than Link, a seasoned homless person who befreinds Link in a doorway.

Gail: Journalist reporter who goes undercover to expose the truth behind homelessness.  Gail first meets with Link just after Ginger goes missing. Link is suspicious of Gail’s phone calls home and probing questions.It is only after Shelters arrest that Link finds out Gail’s true identity. Link is very disheartened on finding out and feels used.

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