Summary
- A cabin north of the Arctic Circle. Fifteen-year-old Sig Andersson is alone. Alone, except for the corpse of his father, who died earlier that day after falling through a weak spot on the ice-covered lake. His sister, Anna, and step-mother, Nadya, have gone to the local town for help.
Then comes a knock at the door. It’s a man, the flash of a revolver’s butt at his hip, and a mean glare in his eyes. Sig has never seen him before but Wolff claims to have unfinished busines…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444000054 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1444000055 |
| Author: | Marcus Sedgwick |
| Publisher: | Hachette Children's Group |
| Imprint: | Orion Children's Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 7 July 2010 |
| Weight: | 197g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 20mm |
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?one of the finest and best-constructed page turners of the year? Tense, succinct, evocative and ingenious, and one to haunt you long after the summer is over? - THE SUNDAY TIMES - Nicolette Jones
An outstanding psychological thriller about the Arctic gold rush - THE BOOKSELLER - Fiona Noblea powerful thriller… Tense, thought-provoking and original. - DAILY EXPRESS - Emma Lee PotterAbout The Author
Marcus Sedgwick
Marcus Sedgwick is a full time author. His first novel, Floodland, won the Branford Boase Award for the best debut children’s novel of 2000. Since then his books have been shortlisted for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, the Blue Peter Book Award, the Costa Book Award, the Carnegie Medal and the Edgar Allan Poe Award. He lives near Cambridge.
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