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The facts of life and death / Belinda Bauer.
Lone women terrorised and their helpless families forced to watch - in a sick game where only one player knows the rules. And when those rules change, the new game is Murder. Living with her parents in the dank beach community of Limeburn, ten-year-old Ruby Trick has her own fears. Bullies on the school bus, the forest crowding her house into the sea, and the threat of divorce. Helping her Daddy to catch the killer might be the key to keeping him close. As long as the killer doesn't catch her first.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780802126849 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 326 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First Grove Atlantic paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Grove Press, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2014
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| Subject: | Murder > Fiction. Fathers and daughters > Fiction. Mothers and daughters > Crimes against > Fiction. Young women > Crimes against > Fiction. England > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Bauer | 31681010053650 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Ten-year-old Ruby Trick, aware of the threat of her parents' divorce, tries to keep her father close by helping him find a serial killer who targets young women, forcing them to telephone their mothers to say a final good-bye before they are murdered. Original. - Baker & Taylor
North Devon is terrorized by a killer who plays games with his victims, but Ruby Trick is more worried about her parents divorcing and hopes to get close to her father by helping him catch the murderer, not realizing that she could get caught in the game. - Perseus PublishingâBauer at her best . . . the true heir to the great Ruth Rendell.ââMail on Sunday (UK)
Belinda Bauer is a phenomenal voice in British crime fiction, whose work has garnered rave reviews on both sides of the Atlantic. Shortlisted for the 2015 Theakstonâs Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, The Facts of Life and Death is a creepy, edge-of-your-seat thriller about a serial killer who terrorizes vulnerable women, with their families forced to bear witness.
On the beaches and cliffs of North Devon, lone women have become victims in a terrifying game where only one player knows the rules. And when those rules change, the new game is murder.
But a madman on the loose feels very far from the crumbling, seaside home of ten-year-old Ruby Trick. Instead she lives in constant fear of school bullies, the dark forest crowding her house into the sea, and the threat of her parentsâ divorce. Helping her father to catch the killer seems like the only way to keep him close. As long as the killer doesnât catch her first.
