May 2012 Debut of the Month.
Longlisted for the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger 2012.
CWA Judges' comment: “What Dies in Summer is a rites of passage novel of a young man on the cusp of adulthood. Tom Wright gives a vivid portrait of the relationship between teenage cousins in the face of an unnamed threat.”
The Lovereading view...
An interesting, challenging and, at times, graphically violent debut exploring coming of age and the loss of innocence. If you have read and liked The Virgin Suicides, The Secret History and I'm Not Scared then this will be worth a read.
I woke up in a cold sweat, knowing for a definite fact that death was a teenage girl and that she had been standing silently by my bed during the night...'Jim Beaudry, or Biscuit as he's known, is a teenage boy trying to stay out of trouble. But trouble has a way of finding him. Especially after his cousin L.A. turns up on his doorstep.
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I woke up in a cold sweat, knowing for a definite fact that death was a teenage girl and that she had been standing silently by my bed during the night...'Jim Beaudry, or Biscuit as he's known, is a teenage boy trying to stay out of trouble. But trouble has a way of finding him.
What Dies in Summer features in the following genres: Thriller and Suspense, Crime and Mystery, Debut Books of the Month, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
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What Dies in Summer was written by Tom Wright and published by Canongate Books
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