Half the World Away

Name: Half the World Away
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Cath Staincliffe
ISBN: 9781407954080

Author: Cath Staincliffe

Narrator: Julia Franklin

Unabridged: 10 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 09/01/2015

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

Lori Maddox chooses to spend the year after university travelling and visits China where she finds casual work as a private English tutor. Back in Manchester, her parents Joanna and Tom, who separated when Lori was a toddler, follow her adventures on her blog. When Joanna and Tom hear nothing for weeks they become increasingly concerned, travelling out to Chengdu in search of their daughter. Landing in a totally unfamiliar country, Joanna and Tom are forced to turn detective, following in their daughter’s footsteps. When a woman’s remains are discovered close to the last sightings of Lori, it appears they have found their daughter. But nothing could prepare them for the shocks still in store . . .

About Cath Staincliffe

CATH STAINCLIFFE is an established novelist and creator ofÂ the hit UKÂ TV series Blue Murder.Â Cath has been short-listed for the Crime Writersâ€™ Associationâ€™s John Creasey Best First Novel Award for her acclaimed Sal Kilkenny series (which began with Looking for Trouble), as well as for the Dagger in the Library Award.Â Most recently, she was a joint winner of the CWA Short Story Dagger Award. She is a founding member of Murder Squad, a group who promote crime fiction.Â Cath lives in Manchester, England with her partner and family.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Elaine on June 02, 2015

When Jo’s daughter Lori goes on a gap year trip to China she is like any other mother. She wants her daughter to live life to the full but at the same time she is a mother, and she worries. She keeps an eye on the online blog that Lori sets up for her trip and is always relieved to see an entry or t......more

Goodreads review by Dale on December 15, 2015

Lori Maddox takes a trip overseas and ends up in China. She starts to blog about her experience. Then suddenly the blog posts stop and her mother Jo cannot get in touch with her by phone. What has happened? What would you do if your daughter was overseas and all communication ceased? Jo and her ex-h......more

Goodreads review by Ceecee on April 23, 2019

Actual rating3.5 ⭐️ Like many students before her, Lori went travelling to Thailand. She composed a blog about her travels which showed a girl of great wit and intelligence which made her very likeable. Unexpectedly, she decided to go onto China and then unexpectedly took a job for a year as a privat......more

Goodreads review by Bill on February 17, 2016

This was my first Cath Staincliffe read & I had very mixed responses. As a suspense thriller its basic plot is excellent & the principal characters were well developed. Jo, the mum of the missing Lori, is a very sympathetic narrator. Altho’ Lori is absent from much of the book, we really like her &......more

Goodreads review by Joanne on May 10, 2015

Imagine your daughter taking a year out and going to travel, finding she likes China and decides to stay longer. Your contact is through the wonders of technology, Skype, email, scant phone calls and watching what she writes on her blog. Then the contact stops. The emails stop, the phone just rings, t......more