Crime & Thriller Book of the Year (Specsavers National Book Awards)

Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2018.

''The best crime novel I''ve read in a very long time.'' VAL MCDERMID

SNAP DECISIONS CAN BE DANGEROUS . . .

On a stifling summer''s day, eleven-year-old Jack and his two sisters sit in their broken-down car, waiting for their mother to come back and rescue them. Jack''s in charge, she''d said. I won''t be long.

But she doesn''t come back. She never comes back. And life as the children know it is changed for ever.

Three years later, Jack is still in charge - of his sisters, of supporting them all, of making sure nobody knows they''re alone in the house, and - quite suddenly - of finding out the truth about what happened to his mother . . .

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''Original, pacy and thoroughly entertaining . . . a cracking read.'' CLARE MACKINTOSH

''No one writes crime novels like Belinda Bauer, with a rare blend of darkness, humour and heart. She''s a crime writing genius.'' C. L. TAYLOR

''Edgy, original and beautifully written, this suspenseful story is dazzlingly good.'' Sunday Mirror

''The opening of Snap is one of the most vividly unnerving I have read . . . razor-sharp observation.'' Guardian

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Readers are gripped by Snap:

''Full of suspenseful twists and turns'' *****

''Twisty, intriguing and so cleverly written I couldn''t put it down'' *****

''A refreshingly different murder mystery'' *****