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Cut Adrift

A Times Thriller of the Year - 'trimly steered and freighted with contemporary resonance'

Jane Jesmond

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Verve Books
01 May 2023
Risk everything, trust no one. Jen Shaw is climbing in the mountains near Alajar, Spain. And it's nothing to do with the fact that an old acquaintance suggested that she meet him there... But when things don't go as planned and her brother calls to voice concerns over the whereabouts of their mother, Morwenna, Jen finds herself travelling to a refugee camp on the south coast of Malta.

Free-spirited and unpredictable as ever, Morwenna is working with a small NGO, helping her Libyan friend, Nahla, seek asylum for her family. Jen is instantly out of her depth, surrounded by stories of unimaginable suffering and increasing tensions within the camp.

Within hours of Jen's arrival, Nahla is killed in suspicious circumstances, and Jen and Morwenna find themselves responsible for the safety of her daughters. But what if the safest option is to leave on a smuggler's boat?
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Imprint:   Verve Books
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm, 
ISBN:   9780857308375
ISBN 10:   0857308378
Pages:   352
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Jane Jesmond has spent the last thirty years living and working in France but was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne, raised in Liverpool and considers herself northern through and through. She began writing steadily six or seven years ago. Published in 2021, On The Edge was her debut novel and the first in a series featuring dynamic, daredevil protagonist Jen Shaw.

Reviews for Cut Adrift: A Times Thriller of the Year - 'trimly steered and freighted with contemporary resonance'

An original voice in crime fiction * Sunday Times (A Best Crime Novel of 2023) * Jesmond's delineation of her characters as people with plausible flaws and hot tempers adds depth and complexity to a story that might wear its sentiments on its sleeves, yet which is trimly steered and freighted with contemporary resonance * Times (Thriller Book of the Month) * In an over-saturated market, finding a new voice with something compelling to say in the crime writing field can be difficult. Thankfully there are people out there trying to deliver a twist on the genre, and Jane Jesmond is one of them * On Yorkshire Magazine *


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