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'Black's Creek'
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Publisher: O'Brien Press Ltd
Published: September 2014
Pages: 320
Categories: Fiction
Available as: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9781847175281
ASIN: 1847175287

'A young boy drowns in a tragic accident in a lake in upstate New York. Fourteen-year-old year old Tommy and his two friends are sure they know who drove him to take his own life and take things into their own hands. A young boy drowns in a tragic accident in a lake in upstate New York. Fourteen-year-old year old Tommy and his two friends are sure they know who drove him to take his own life: the boy's father is also convinced and pressurises the local Sheriff, Tommy's father, to make an arrest. But there is not enough evidence, and the boys decide to take things into their own hands. A gripping tale of power, growing sexuality and the strength of rumours in a small community 'Sam Millar didn't invent the noir crime novel but ...he might as well have. Powerful. Not to be missed!' Jon Land, New York Times best-selling author of Strong at the Break and Betrayal 'Reminiscent of Steven King's classic, Stand by Me, and Dennis Lehane's Mystic River, Black's Creek is an atmospheric must-read, page-turning book.' New York Journal of Books echoes of Huckleberry Finn, Stand by Me and other wonderful coming of age novels ... pure gold -- Bleach House Library fast-moving thriller ... the short chapters keep the pages turning ... an imaginative noir with an unusual narrator -- www.promotingcrime.blogspot.com a tense read ... an ending that is more poignant that you would usually expect in a crime novel. This for me added an extra touch to a well-written and gripping novel -- fictionisstrangerthanfact.blogspot.co.uk a dark story, often violent, but with a tenderness that more than offsets the gory detail -- Random Things Through My Letterbox a sweaty slice of dark Americana, part crime novel, part coming-of-age tale ... heady, atmospheric journey into the dark heart of adolescence. And, by god, we liked it ... gothic noir, a small town fever dream in the vein of Jim Thompson, and in this world of cookie-cutter procedurals, that can never be a bad thing -- Crime Thriller Fel

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