Blacklands [electronic resource] : Exmoor Trilogy, Book 1
Bauer, Belinda2010
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FROM THE CRIME WRITER LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018 VOTED CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR when it was first released 'Original, unsettling and atmospheric, this is a debut that hits the ground running' Val McDermid Steven Lamb is 12 when he writes his first letter . . . to a serial killer Every day after school, whilst his classmates swap football stickers, twelve-year-old Steven digs holes on Exmoor, hoping to find a body. His uncle disappeared aged eleven and is assumed to have fallen victim to the notorious serial killer Arnold Avery - but his body has never been found. Steven's Nan does not believe her son is dead. She still waits for him to come home, standing bitter guard at the front window while her family fragments around her. Steven is determined to heal the widening cracks between them before it's too late - even if that means presenting his grandmother with the bones of her murdered son. So Steven takes the next logical step, carefully crafting a letter to Arnold Avery in prison. And there begins a dangerous cat-and-mouse game between a desperate child and a bored psychopath . . .
Main title:
Blacklands [electronic resource] : Exmoor Trilogy, Book 1 / Belinda Bauer
Author:
Bauer, Belinda, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Transworld, 2010
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Series:
Exmoor Trilogy
Biography/History:
Belinda Bauer grew up in England and South Africa and now lives in Wales. She worked as a journalist and a screenwriter before finally writing a book to appease her nagging mother. For her debut, Blacklands, Belinda was awarded the CWA Gold Dagger for Crime Novel of the Year. She went on to win the CWA Dagger in the Library for her body of work. Her fourth novel, Rubbernecker, was voted Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. Her eighth novel, Snap, was a Sunday Times bestseller. It was longlisted for the Man Booker prize and voted Crime & Thriller Book of the Year at the Specsavers National Book Awards. Her books have been translated into twenty-one languages.
Awards:
Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award Nominee - Best Book (Romantic Times BOOKreviews Magazine)
ISBN:
9781409094197
Language:
English
BRN:
2303121