Snap / Belinda Bauer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bauer, Belinda, 1962- author.

Contributor:

Class of 1953 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Murder--Investigation--Fiction.

Murder.

Murder--Investigation.

Life change events--Fiction.

Life change events.

Murder--Fiction.

Teenage boys--Fiction.

Local Subjects:

Teenage boys--Fiction.

Murder--Investigation--Fiction.

Genre:

Suspense fiction.

Thrillers (Fiction)

Detective and mystery fiction.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

335 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2018]

Summary:

Snap is a gripping novel about a teenage boy's hunt for his mother's killer.

Jack's in charge, said his mother as she disappeared up the road to get help. I won't be long. Now eleven-year-old Jack and his two sisters wait on the hard shoulder in their stifling, broken-down car, bickering and whining and playing I-Spy until she comes back. But their mother doesn't come back. She never comes back. And after that long, hot summer's day, nothing will ever be the same again. Three years later, Jack's fifteen now and still in charge ... alone in the house. Meanwhile across town, a young woman called Catherine While wakes to find a knife beside her bed, and a note reading I could have killed you. The police are tracking a mysterious burglar they call Goldilocks, for his habit of sleeping in the beds of the houses he robs, but Catherine doesn't see the point of involving the police. And Jack, very suddenly, may be on the verge of finding out who killed his mother. A twisty, masterfully written novel that will have readers on the edge of their seats.

"From award-winning crime writer Belinda Bauer, "the true heir to the great Ruth Rendell" [Mail on Sunday (UK)], Snap is a gripping novel about a teenage boy's hunt for his mother's killer. Jack's in charge, said his mother as she disappeared up the road to get help. I won't be long. Now eleven-year-old Jack and his two sisters wait on the hard shoulder in their stifling, broken-down car, bickering and whining and playing I-Spy until she comes back. But their mother doesn't come back. She never comes back. And after that long, hot summer's day, nothing will ever be the same again. Three years later, Jack's fifteen now and still in charge ... alone in the house. Meanwhile across town, a young woman called Catherine While wakes to find a knife beside her bed, and a note reading I could of killed you. The police are tracking a mysterious burglar they call Goldilocks, for his habit of sleeping in the beds of the houses he robs, but Catherine doesn't see the point of involving the police. And Jack, very suddenly, may be on the verge of finding out who killed his mother. A twisty, masterfully written novel that will have readers on the edge of their seats, Snap is Belinda Bauer at the height of her powers"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"First published in Great Britian in 2018 by Bantam Press an imprint of Transworld Publishing"--Title page verso.

"First published in Great Britain in 2018 by Bantam Press an imprint of Transworld Publishing."

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Bauer, Belinda, 1962- Snap.

ISBN:

9780802127747

0802127746

OCLC:

1005561923