Odd Child Out, Gilly Macmillan
Odd Child Out, Gilly Macmillan
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Odd Child Out
A Novel

Author: Gilly Macmillan

Narrator: Peter Noble

Unabridged: 9 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 10/03/2017


Synopsis

 How well do you know the people you love…?Best friends Noah Sadler and Abdi Mahad have always been inseparable.  But when Noah is found floating unconscious in Bristol's Feeder Canal, Abdi can't--or won't--tell anyone what happened.Just back from a mandatory leave following his last case, Detective Jim Clemo is now assigned to look into this unfortunate accident.  But tragedy strikes and what looked like the simple case of a prank gone wrong soon ignites into a public battle.  Noah is British.  Abdi is a Somali refugee.   And social tensions have been rising rapidly in Bristol.  Against this background of fear and fury two families fight for their sons and for the truth.  Neither of them know how far they will have to go, what demons they will have to face, what pain they will have to suffer.Because the truth hurts.

About Gilly Macmillan

Gilly Macmillan is the internationally bestselling author of eight novels including The Manor House, The Perfect Girl, The Nanny, and The Long Weekend. She lives in Bristol, England.


Reviews

Goodreads review by *TANYA* on December 20, 2017

I absolutely enjoyed this book. I read the first book in this series and it was “okay” but the author completely redeemed herself with this book. FANTASTIC!!......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth of Silver's Reviews on October 04, 2017

Best friends sometimes do unexpected things. Abdi and Noah were best friends and did something that no one would expect. The unexpected incident obviously brought the police in along with the two silent friends. Noah was put into a coma because of his injuries, and Abdi wasn't talking. ODD CHILD OUT w......more

Goodreads review by Ann Marie (Lit·Wit·Wine·Dine) on October 26, 2017

Enter the giveaway and check out all of my reviews at Lit·Wit·Wine·Dine. Giveaway ends 10/31/17 11:59pm EST. This is another book that first caught my attention at Book Expo 2017. Though I hadn’t read What She Knew, the first DI Jim Clemo book, I had absolutely no problem at all reading this book as......more