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Thelma and Louise meets Breaking Bad : a gritty, violent pursuit thriller with a heart.

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WINNER OF THE BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD AT THE EDGARS 2018
´Striking...visceral, violent and utterly compelling, it nevertheless shines with humanity´ Daily Mail
´Burns bright and fast´ Peter Swanson, author of Sunday Times bestseller Her Every Fear

A GRITTY, PROPULSIVE DEBUT ABOUT A FATHER, A DAUGHTER, AND THE HARDEST LESSONS IN LIFE...

´If nowhere was safe for her, then the only place he could let her be was with him´
Meet Polly: eleven years old and smart beyond her years. But she´s a loner, always on the outside, until she is unexpectedly reunited with her father.
Meet Nate: fresh out of jail and driving a stolen car, Nate takes Polly from the safety of her quiet existence into a world of robbery, violence and the constant threat of death.

And he does it to save her life.

A Lesson in Violence is a gripping and emotionally wrenching novel that upends even our most long-held expectations about heroes, villains and victims. Nate takes Polly to save her life, but in the end it may very well be Polly who saves him.

´This fast-paced and gritty page turner explores the ways in which love can both brutalize and redeem us´ Amy Engel, author of The Roanoke Girls

´ Urgent and beautiful . The writing is as sharp as broken glass but it´s the characters who will stay with you, bloody hearts pinned on their sleeves and struggling for redemption and towards each other´ Lauren Beukes, author of The Shining Girls

´One of the best debuts I´ve ever read ´ Simon Toyne, author of Sunday Times bestseller Solomon Creed

´The language is searing, the action relentless, the beauty wrenched from ugliness truly astounding ´ Robin Wasserman, author of Girls on Fire

´ An extremely impressive debut´ Peter Swanson, author of Sunday Times bestseller The Kind Worth Killing

´Darkly irresistible... in Polly McClusky, the eleven-year-old girl at the heart of his , Jordan Harper gives us a hero for our times´ Megan Abbott

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Harper, Jordan
Jordan Harper was born and educated in Missouri. He´s worked as an ad man, a rock critic and a journalist and currently lives in Los Angeles. He writes for shows including Gotham and was lead writer on The Mentalist.

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