Black Rabbit Summer - Softcover

Brooks, Kevin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141319119 ISBN 13: 9780141319117

Publisher: Penguin, 2008

Synopsis

Black Rabbit Summer is an intense page-turner from award-winning, young adult writer Kevin Brooks. A group of old friends, affected by drugs, alcohol, and memories, find themselves in the middle of a crime scene.

Pete Boland was busy doing nothing that summer. Long, stiflingly hot, lazy days stretched ahead of him.

Then she called.

It was Nicole.

'Listen, Pete. . . you know that funfair, up at the recreation ground...I thought we could all meet up...you know, for old times sake.'

But, where there are old times there are old tensions. And as secrets, bitterness and jealousies resurface, five old friends are plunged into the worst night of their lives. . .

'A masterly writer, and this book would put many authors of 'grown up' detective fiction to shame' Mail on Sunday

'A compulsive atmospheric mystery' Sunday Times

'Gripping, disturbing...brilliant' Sunday Express

Kevin Brooks is the award-winning author of nine gripping teenage novels, usually with a thrilling detective twist. His novels, Being, iBoy, Killing God (published as Dawn in the USA) and Naked are also available from Penguin. Kevin's brand new novel, The Bunker Diary, will be published in 2013. If you enjoyed Black Rabbit Summer and want to get inside more of your favourite books, then check out spinebreakers.co.uk for exclusive author interviews, competitions, and much more.

About this title

Review:

Praise for Kevin Brooks:

'Complex and involving, this is his [Brooks's] best book since the wonderful Lucas, and it deserves every success' – Bookseller (on Black Rabbit Summer)

'He's an original. And he writes one hell of a story' – Meg Rosoff, author of How I Live Now (on Being)

'Watch this guy, he's good' – Melvin Burgess, author of Junk (on Martyn Pig)

'. . . you want to tell everyone how good it is' – Sunday Times (on Lucas)

Synopsis:

Pete Boland was busy doing nothing that summer; long, stiflingly hot, lazy days stretched ahead of him. Then she called. 'Listen, Pete ...you know that funfair, up at the recreation ground ...I thought we could all meet up ...You know, for old times' sake'. But, where there are old times, there are old tensions. And as secrets, bitterness and jealousies resurface, five old friends are plunged into the worst night of their lives. Teenage readers will find it impossible to tear themselves away from this dark, tense and gripping new novel from award-winning Kevin Brooks.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0141319119
• ISBN 13: 9780141319117
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448