A Bad, Bad Place

ISBN: 1641297859

Author: Crawford, Frances

Condition: New

A gritty and poignant debut about a young working-class girl in 1979 Glasgow who happens upon the body of a murdered woman-and must face an insular community desperate for answers, as well as herself.Glasgow, 1979: If it hadnt been for her wee stupid dog, Sid Vicious, twelve-year-old Janey Devine might never have stumbled upon the corpse of Samantha Watson. And then maybe shed still be able to sleep at night. And maybe her nana wouldnt be so worried all the time. And maybe Billy The Ghost Watson, anotorious gangster, wouldnt be on her tail-for its Billys daughter who was left for dead on those train tracks, and now Billy wants answers.Fear and gossip have spread through the tight-knit community of Possilpark, and while Janey swears she cant remember the details of that morning, the cops think shes hiding something-and indeed, theres something she knows that shes not quite ready to tell anyone, not even her nana, who wont rest until this whole thing is behind them.Shot through with remarkable humor, Frances Crawfords stunning debut is a coming-of-age whodunit, an intimate portrait of a working-class neighborhood that weaves Janeys innocent candor and her nanas hard-earned wisdom into a sweeping tale of grief and survival that marks the arrival of a major new voice in crime fiction.