Blacklands

Name: Blacklands
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Belinda Bauer
ISBN: 9781449836849

Author: Belinda Bauer

Series: Exmoor #1

Narrator: John Curless

Unabridged: 8 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/15/2010

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller

Synopsis

Debut author Belinda Bauer crafts an incredibly moving first novel in Blacklands. Twelve-year-old Steven is determined to put an end to his family's misery and find the remains of his uncle, who was believed to be murdered as a child by a local pedophile. Steven spends his days digging for clues around his grandmother's home, but when his search fails to unearth anything new, he reaches out to the only person with answers-the accused murderer now serving life in prison.

About Belinda Bauer

Belinda Bauer is the author of six award-winning novels that have been translated into twenty-one languages. She won the Crime Writers' Association's Gold Dagger Award for Crime Novel of the Year for Blacklands, the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award for Rubbernecker, and the CWA Dagger in the Library Award for an outstanding body of work. She lives in Wales.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tim The Enchanter

Posted to The Literary Lawyer.ca A Chilling Story of Innocence vs. Evil - 3.5 Stars This marks the third book I have read by Belinda Bauer. A few things have become abundantly clear. She is very skilled at writing young and innocent characters. Blacklands is no exception. Her novels are coming o......more

Goodreads review by Vera

I thought about giving it 4, maybe 4 and half stars but this book deserves a 5 star rating. The writing in this book is beautiful. It's impossible not to understand and feel Steven's pain. It's heartbreaking to realize he's doing such extraordinary thing - find the body of his murdered uncle - to fix......more

Goodreads review by Maxine

Belinda Bauer is brilliant, this is her debut novel and it delivered more than I could have hoped for, I read this book in two sittings and could not put it down. The book switches between the world and thoughts of a young boy and a child serial killer, it cleverly gives you insight into the work of......more