The Child Who
An unimaginable crime and the man who must defend it-a probing psychological thriller from the author of A Thousand Cuts.A chance phone call throws the biggest muder case in southern England into the hands of provincial attorney Leo Curtice. Twelve-year- old Daniel Blake stands accused of...
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An unimaginable crime and the man who must defend it-a probing psychological thriller from the author of A Thousand Cuts.A chance phone call throws the biggest muder case in southern England into the hands of provincial attorney Leo Curtice. Twelve-year- old Daniel Blake stands accused of murdering an eleven-year-old girl. But who is truly responsible when one child kills another? As Curtice sets out to defend the indefensible, he soon finds himself pitted against an enraged community calling for blood. When the buildup of pressure takes a sinister turn, he fears for his wife and young daughter's safety. Must he choose between his family and the life of a damaged child? With piercing psychological insight, Lelic examines a community's response to a hideous crime. Longlisted for the Crime Writers' Assocaition's Gold Dagger award fro Best Novel of the Year and the Steel Dagger for Best Thriller.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780143120919 (0143120913)
Publish date: February 28th 2012
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 303
Edition language: English
A taut, excellent thriller, heavily based on the notorious Bulger/Mary Bell murder cases in the UK, Lelic handles a difficult topic bravely. There is no attempt to romanticise his murderer, 12 year old Daniel Blake and his main character, Leo Curtice, a rural attorney who accidentally picks up the t...
What starts out as an incredibly unsettling - to the point of making you feel that odd sense of paranoia and unease even when you aren't reading it - novel sputters and stalls out into a series of unbelievable characters and clearly telegraphed 'twists' that completely invalidate any goodwill you ha...
I have 3 words to describe this book...Gritty, Intense and Powerful! In roughly, 260 pages of readable material, this book, which another reader described as tabloid style, packed a really powerful punch in its' storyline. I absolutely loved this book and was really kept guessing to the bitter end! ...
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