Cold Light
$28.00
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
13 March 2012
Summary
I’m sitting on my couch, watching the local news. There’s Chloe’s parents, the mayor, the hangers on, all grouped round the pond for the ceremony. It’s ten years since Chloe and Carl drowned, and they’ve finally chosen a memorial - a stupid summerhouse. The mayor has a spade decked out in pink and white ribbon, and he’s started to dig.
You can tell from their faces that something has gone wrong. But I’m the one who knows straightaway that the mayor has found a body. And I know who it …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444707762 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1444707760 |
| Author: | Jenn Ashworth |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Sceptre |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 13 March 2012 |
| Weight: | 249g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 28mm |
| Series: | Sceptre |
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Critics Review
That most uncommon delight - a literary page-turner.
Ashworth’s novel is bleak and gritty, painting an uncompromising portrait of teenage life… In the best possible way this novel is an uncomfortable read. - Lucy Scholes, Sunday Times
That most uncommon delight - a literary page-turner. - Sunday TimesHaunting…it is told by the hand of a true storyteller. - IndependentAward-winning Jenn Ashworth leavens a bleak but pacey story with dry, wry humour, resulting in an extraordinarily perceptive and beautifully written novel - Sunday ExpressA psychological thriller of the first order. - The Age, AustraliaA wonderful tale, beautifully told. - BellaRemember teenage bitching and insecurity? This book will take you back there, except with more lies and gruesome murder. Scarily believable. - Fabulousa chilling, blackly funny novel with a surreal edge about the intensity of teenage friendship. - GraziaAbout The Author
Jenn Ashworth
Jenn Ashworth was born in 1982. Her first novel, A Kind of Intimacy, was published in 2009 and won a Betty Trask Award. COLD LIGHT is her second novel. She lives in Preston, Lancashire with her family and writes an award-winning blog.
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