Hidden Toxins

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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An addictive, hard-hitting YA thrillerfilled with poisonous twists, 'Hidden Toxins' will keep you hooked. Perfect forfans of, 'One of us is lying' and 'A good girl's guide to murder'.Six audacious teenagers. Far too manysecrets. A corrupt politician. Stalking... Murder... One thing's for sure - Cedar and Sorrel are in way too deep.Risk-taker, Cedar, and his sarcastic,introverted, female friend, Sorrel have real reasons to trust each other.Cedar's excluded from school, after being accused of hitting a homophobicbully. Now he's stuck with his dad, doing a landscaping job for a politiciancalled Charles Fenwick. Cedar witnesses a guy being viciously assaulted byFenwick. The victim claims Fenwick and his mates are psychopaths and anyone whoworks for them ends up linked to their corruption. There's no way Cedar'sletting his dad get dragged into anything suspect. Cedar's gut feeling is onhigh alert. Needing help, he tries to track down the one person Sorrel can'tcope with seeing, the enigmatic girl, Eyam, who days before, turned up at theirschool asking questions about a governor and his 'criminal associates'. Why hasEyam disappeared? Sorrel is having panicattacks, convinced that Eyam has cut off contact because she knows Sorrel has amajor crush on her. Cedar is in enough trouble and Sorrel is determined to stophim diving into any more danger. Not everyone is allowed to live.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2025-10-15
Mått129 x 198 x 19 mm
Vikt214 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor256
FörlagHawkwood Books
ISBN9781068710346

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HelenLarder graduated with Distinction from the M.A. novel writing course at MMU.Diva Press published her adult novel, Treasureand her YA novel, Anarchy waspublished by Onlywomen press. She was commissioned by Pavilion Press to write abook for health care and education professionals, called, UnderstandingAutism; Postcards from Aspie World,(written with her daughter, who has autism) and with Manchester and SalfordUniversities. Mslexia magazine haspublished three of her pieces of writing. Her script, 'Around Again', won acompetition and three of her short stories have been included inanthologies. She is part of the LGBT+community and shares her world with her civil partner and their daughter.

"Gripping, gritty, edge-of-the seatthriller, with vivid unforgettable characters. I loved it!"Cathy Cassidy"Larder's writing is pacy, full of energy.Her characters have an authenticity that is compelling."Jane McNulty, BBC Scriptwriter, Eastenders"Wonderfully written, dark and gritty thriller. I'm not good with writing things but I Bought this as a whim, and it's set up north where I live so thought why not. Worth it. Finished it in a few days. The characters are diverse, believable and have depth. I recommend it to all those who enjoy a good page turner."Waterstones customer review"Power, corruption and lies, 6 likeable young people put themselves on the line to expose the dark underbelly active in their midst. A real page-turner, full of twists and shocks with believable characters- I loved this book and so will teens/young people of all ages!" Waterstones customer review"Gripping thriller for older teens. I just finished reading this fantastic book,. Wow, what a nail-biting thriller! I loved it and I'm sure most teenagers will too. Recommended for Xmas reading for adults and of course for any teenager of - I'm guessing - about 15 and upwards - it;s sure to be a hit.Katherine Langrish, Waterstones customer review"This is a great book, especially for my teen daughter. Well written."Amazon customer review