Desert Angel
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK
Published:2nd Feb '12
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
A thrilling, horrifying cat-and-mouse game to keep you at the edge of your seat
Her mother is dead, her body buried in a shallow grave by her latest boyfriend, Scotty, a ruthless, illegal hunter who is prone to violence and who now wants Angel dead before she can talk to the police.
He is waiting...
He is watching...
He will hunt her down.
Angel is on the run. Her mother is dead, her body buried in a shallow grave by her latest boyfriend, Scotty, a ruthless, illegal hunter who is prone to violence and who now wants Angel dead before she can talk to the police.
Angel has lived through more than a young girl should have but she's determined to stay alive.
But in the scorching heat of the open desert, where can she hide?
Relentless, heart-stopping suspense * Kirkus Reviews *
Price's pacing is tight, aided by direct, clipped prose that underscores Scotty's brutality and Angel's fragile emotional state. Both the best and worst of humanity shine through in this gripping novel * Publishers Weekly *
If suspense is your bag, this is a book to read * VOYA *
Price's fast-paced thrilling story paints a bleak and depressing picture of American 'trailer' life set against an unforgiving landscape . . . Revealing, raw and shocking but it's also moving, uplifting and totally unmissable -- Pam Norfolk * Blackpool Gazette *
Compulsively readable * Books for Keeps *
ISBN: 9780552563369
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 129mm
Weight: 171g
240 pages