A Bad, Bad Place
£16.99
Everyone’s talking about Janey Devine. Glasgow, 1979. While walking her dog, twelve-year-old Janey finds a murdered woman on an abandoned railway – and her innocent childhood ends in a shocking moment of trauma. When the victim is named as daughter of a local hardman, Janey’s nana, Maggie, is distraught and deeply afraid. Janey claims she can’t remember what she saw that day, but the police think she’s hiding something, and they’re not the only ones interested. Maggie tries desperately to keep Janey safe but is battling long-buried secrets of her own. As fear and rumour stalk the streets of Possilpark, Maggie becomes convinced she will lose her beloved granddaughter forever – especially when Janey starts to remember exactly what happened in that bad, bad place.
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‘Clever, honest, heart-rending.’ VAL MCDERMID
‘Richly authentic, funny, moving and insightful.’ JANICE HALLETT
‘I haven’t read anything quite as unique as this since Trainspotting.’ LIN ANDERSON
‘A Bad, Bad Place will stay with me for a long, long time’ JENNIE GODFREY
‘Part To Kill a Mockingbird, part The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, yet altogether incomparable’ A. J. FINN
What happens to the dog walker who finds the body?
Glasgow, 1979.
Twelve-year-old Janey won’t take her dog, Sid Vicious, for a walk. Not anymore. It’s Sid’s fault she found the murdered woman.
Janey claims she can’t remember what she saw at the abandoned railway, but the police think she’s hiding something. And they’re not the only ones interested.
Fear and rumour rip through the tight-knit community of Possilpark. Janey and her nana, Maggie, are dragged into the hunt for a murderer. And Maggie’s struggle to keep her beloved granddaughter safe becomes ever more desperate.
Because Janey’s memories can’t stay hidden forever.
And neither can the killer?
Readers love A Bad, Bad Place:
‘Lingers long after the final page’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW
‘I loved every page!’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW
‘Got under my skin in a way I didn’t expect’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW
‘Absolutely brilliant, funny, full of life, completely convincing’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW
‘Brilliant’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW
‘Stunning’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW
‘Scottish writing at its finest’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW
| Weight | 0.595 kg |
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| Dimensions | 24.2 × 15.9 × 3.5 cm |
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| Cover | Hardback |
| Pages | 371 |
| Language | English |
| Edition | Hardback original |
| Dewey | 823.92 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
