FROM THE BESTSELLING AND CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF SPARE ROOM, GANGLAND GIRLS TRLIOGY and the FLESH AND BLOOD SERIESDreda Say Mitchell was awarded an MBE in Her Majesty The Queen's 2020 New Year's Honours List'Great read written by a great girl' Martina ColeFifteen-year-old Jade Flynn and three other girls were the sole occupants of the fourth floor of St Nicholas Care Home for Children. They were forced to take part in 'special community projects' - drug dealing, money laundering, gun running. Required to work for a man they called The Geezer. Until a shocking event made them rebel. Steal something that wasn't theirs.So they ran. Disappeared.10 YEARS LATER . . .Jade Flynn is now living a respectable life as Jackie Jarvis and is getting married. She invites her three best friends to be her maids of honour. But someone else turns up as well - The Geezer. He'll kill them, unless they do one last job for him, then they can return to their normal lives. But can they trust him?This time if they disappear they won't be coming back . . . Praise for Dreda Say Mitchell:'As good as it gets' Lee Child'Thrilling' Sunday Express Books of the Year'Awesome tale from a talented writer' Sun'Fast-paced and full of twists and turns.' Crime Scene Magazine ********GET THE NEXT BOOK IN THE GANGLAND GIRLS SERIES, GANGSTER GIRL, NOW!
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Fast-paced London thriller from Dreda Say Mitchell, the bestselling and critically-acclaimed author of Spare Room and the Flesh and Blood Series.
'As good as it gets . . . Mitchell is English fiction's brightest new voice'
As good as it gets . . . Mitchell is English fiction's brightest new voice - Lee ChildGreat read written by a great girl - MARTINA COLEKILLER TUNE is a sharply observed, incisive and moving story of radical politics, conflicting loyalties and unfinished business. - GuardianDreda Say Mitchell is an exciting new talent and her second novel, KILLER TUNE, shows her distinctive take on current urban noir.... The narrative throbs with energy and has a refreshing directness - Sunday TelegraphAn interesting, original novel, worth reading, even if you don't get half the references and in real life would block your ears to the noise - Literary ReviewMitchell's plot is elaborate but tightly played, with a backbeat of racial abuse. Killer Tune lays the breezy muscial name-checking of Hornby's High Fidelity over a well-crafted murder mystery. - Financial Times
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Fast-paced London thriller for fans of Bad Girls and the Martina Cole readership.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780340937112
Publisert
2009
Utgiver
Vendor
Hodder Paperback
Vekt
340 gr
Høyde
196 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
32 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
448

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Dreda Say Mitchell is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Spare Room, the Gangland Girls and Flesh and Blood series, as well as the DI Rio Wray thrillers Vendetta and Death Trap. Her debut was awarded the CWA's John Creasey Dagger and she chaired the Harrogate Crime Fiction Festival in 2011. Since her sixth book she has been co-writing with Tony Mason. She has been a frequent guest on television and radio including Question Time, BBC Breakfast, Newsnight, Victoria Derbyshire, The Stephen Nolan Show, Front Row, Woman's Hour and numerous others. She has also presented Radio 4's Open Book. Dreda was named one of Britain's 50 Remarkable Women by Lady Geek in association with Nokia. She was born and raised in the East End of London where she continues to live.