The Edge of Nowhere

Becca King and her mother are on the run from her stepfather who has used Becca's talent for hearing 'whispers' to make a large and illegal sum of money. Now their options for safety are running out. In the town of Langley on Whidbey Island, Becca finds refuge in the home of her mother's childhood friend while her mother continues on to Canada in search of safety.

But on her first day in town Becca meets sixteen-year-old Derric Mathieson, a Ugandan orphan who was adopted at the age of ten by the town's Deputy Sheriff. Derric also has a secret that no one on Whidbey Island knows, and he and Becca form a bond that can't be broken. Becca is convinced that she's the only person who can truly help him, and just maybe Derric can convince Becca that life is too short to live on the run.

Short-listed for Edgar Allen Poe Award 2013 (UK)

“The author writes brilliantly and has an incredible ability to set a scene and create characters you want to know more about.”

In combining her skills in crime writing with an obvious flair for the supernatural this award-winning author creates a wonderful tale. - My Weekly

Praise for Believing the Lie:

A fascinating read. - Woman

Presses all the buttons to make us hoover her stuff up. - Daily Telegraph

She's a designer of fastidious mosaics that never fail to intrigue. - Guardian

Her crime novels combine Victorian craftsmanship, psychological observation and ingenious plotting. George's celebrated attention to detail keeps the reader totally immersed. - Kate Saunders, Saga

- Sun

Elizabeth George is the internationally bestselling author of highly acclaimed novels of psychological suspense. Her first novel, A Great Deliverance, was honoured with the Anthony and Agatha Best First Novel awards in America and received the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere in France; Well-schooled in Murder was awarded the prestigious German prize for international mystery fiction, the MIMI '1990'. An Edgar and Macavity Nominee, her novels have been adapted for television by the BBC.

Becca King and her mother are on the run from her stepfather who has used Becca's talent for hearing 'whispers' to make a large and illegal sum of money. Now their options for safety are running out. In the town of Langley on Whidbey Island, Becca finds refuge in the home of her mother's childhood friend while her mother continues on to Canada in search of safety.But on her first day in town Becca meets sixteen-year-old Derric Mathieson, a Ugandan orphan who was adopted at the age of ten by the town's Deputy Sheriff. Derric also has a secret that no one on Whidbey Island knows, and he and Becca form a bond that can't be broken. Becca is convinced that she's the only person who can truly help him, and just maybe Derric can convince Becca that life is too short to live on the run.

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