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Runner Hawk

Michael Egan author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Everything with Words

Published:26th Oct '23

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A YA debut from an author who was awarded the Booker Foundation Scholarship to study creative writing at UEA. Strong interest from national papers, The Times, Guardian and FT. Strong promotional campaign as this is key title.

A story of first love that is also a thriller. Leo has run out of time. Almost. Are there enough days, hours and minutes left for him to learn how to live, love and catch a killer?Leo Roslin knows that he's running out of time. He can feel his body breaking down and dreams and visions seeping into his waking life blurring the line with reality. He sees a runner standing still in the air, a hawk that seems fixed in the sky, and finally a girl who has died. Ishiguro's Never Let me God meets The Catcher in the Rye in a story of love that is also a thriller. A tale with a dark revelation at its heart.

Leo  is running out of time. Are there enough days, hour , minutes left for him to learn how to live , love and catch a killer?

A TIMES & SUNDAY TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 
NOMINATED FOR THE CARNEGIE


'Mesmerising' Zillah Bethell, author of The Song Walker 

'Richly imaginative with a dark secret at its heart' Richard Lambert, Author of The Wolf  Road 


'A romance involving a painful mystery'  TIMES

ISBN: 9781911427360

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 18mm

Weight: 240g

304 pages