She unlocked
the door and pulled it towards her. In a fraction of a second Neve saw two men. They were wearing balaclavas over
their faces. The next instant she was flying back into the hall as one of the men pushed the door hard with his shoulder.
When Neve was a child, her father used to make up stories about a magical Balloon House that could fly anywhere its owner wanted it to. But it’s hard to recapture this intimacy now that he’s moved away and remarried.
She is determined not to like her father’s new wife, Yvonne, and her weird son, Zed. What’s more she’s not prepared to forgive her dad for failing to be there for her so many times in the past.
But everything changes when masked men burst into the house carrying guns. They’re looking for her father and they’re prepared to hold Neve hostage until he returns. Now the one thing she dreads is hearing the sound of his key in the lock.
Orchard ISBN 184121437X
"Brian Keaney perfectly captures the drama of the storyline, the angst of adolescence, the emotional roller-coaster and frustrations of family relationships - and portrays it all in a totally convincing, thought-provoking and realistic way."
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