Split Second

By: Cath Staincliffe

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Hardcover | 19 January 2012 | Edition Number 1

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320 Pages

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13.6 x 21.6 x 2.9

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On a winter's evening, a trio of unruly teenagers board a bus, ganging up on Luke Murray, hurling abuse and threatening to kill him. The bus is full but no one intervenes until Jason Barnes, a young student, challenges the gang. Luke seizes the chance to run off the bus, but he's followed.

Andrew Barnes is dragged from the shower by his wife Valerie: there's a fight in the front garden and Jason's trying to break it up. As Andrew rushes to help, the gang flees. Jason shouts for an ambulance for Luke, but it is he who will pay the ultimate price.

Split Second, Cath Staincliffe's insightful and moving novel, explores the impact of violent crime - is it ever right to look the other way?

Industry Reviews

PRAISE FOR CATH STAINCLIFFE

A book about courage and compromise, about how sometimes it's kinder and braver to lie. Stunning.

* Anne Cleeves *
Modest, compassionate ... a solid ingenious plotter with a sharp eye for domestic detail. * Literary Review *
Complex and satisfying. * The Sunday Times *
About as good as the British private eye novel gets. * Time Out *
An engrossing read. * Sunday Telegraph *

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