The Killer’s Cousin - Softcover

Werlin, Nancy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007126670 ISBN 13: 9780007126675

Publisher: Collins Flamingo, 2009

Synopsis

1st edition 1st printing paperback, fine In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

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Review:

“Highly unsettling mystery in which the reader is never sure who is the killer and who is the cousin. Lily is a fabulously well-realised, manipulative 11-year-old and Werlin is excellent at conveying that uncomfortable formality between family hosts and their teenage guest. Henceforth may everything that the American Nancy Werlin writes be published here in the UK too. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.”
achuka

“Gripping from beginning to end”
Sunday Express 21/7/02

"The novel's gothic flavour, compelling minor characters... and subtle exploration of guilt and complicity add texture to this tense psychological drama"
Publishers' Weekly, starred review

"Readers will be hard pressed to put this one down"
VOYA, starred review

"Utterly terrifying psychodrama... Werlin winds the tension to an excruciating point, then releases it with a fiery climax... Teens will find this tautly plotted thriller, rich in complex, finely drawn characters, an absolute page turner"
Booklist

“A gripping and sometimes disturbing psychological thriller... This is not an easy read, as the subject of children who kill will never be an easy one, but it is a book that will make you think”
Bookseller

From the Publisher:

An ingenious thriller with a gothic flair.
Recently acquitted of murder, seventeen-year-old David Yaffe has moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to complete his senior year of high school. His aunt and uncle have offered him shelter -- escape from the media's incessant questions and from the uncertain glances of his neighbors and ex-friends.

His attic apartment in their house doens't feel much like a shelter, though. He sees ghostly shadows and hears an odd humming sound at night. His aunt is cold and unwelcoming, and his eleven-year-old cousin, Lily, is downright hostile. And as Lily's behavior becomes more and more threatening, David can't help wondering why. What ugly secrets lurk within the walls of Lily's home?

There's one thing David knows with certainty. The longer he stays in the house, and the more he learns about his cousin Lily, the harder it is to avoid thinking about his own past.

Author Nancy Werlin has created an ingenious thriller with a gothic flair. Riveting suspense is combined with astoni! shing insight in this thought-provoking examination of guilt and fear.

About this edition

• Publisher: Collins Flamingo
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0007126670
• ISBN 13: 9780007126675
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Number of pages: 240