Mice

✍ Scribed by Gordon Reece

• Publisher: Mantle;Viking
• Year: 2010;2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 144 KB
• Edition: 1
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

A gripping, unique suspense thriller with a chilling twist . . .

Review

'A thrilling story which is all the better for the flawed nature of the heroines.' --The Bookseller

'A gripping, flawless novel that's as surprising as it is satisfying. It's one of those archetypal books you read and think, `Of course this story had to be written.' I found it memorable, atmospheric and chilling' --Sophie Hannah, author of 'The Wrong Mother' and 'The Dead Lie Down'

'This gripping young adult novel could be a classic. Fifteen-year-old Shelly and her newly divorced mother have escaped to the countryside to avoid the bullies who made Shelly's school life a misery. They regard themselves as "mice" who must hide away, and it's obvious they're addicted to being timid, ineffectual victims. But that changes when an intruder stumbles into their remote cottage one night and something within Shelly snaps... The pregnant simplicity of Reece's writing is so strong that it's a while before we suspect there may be more going on in Shelly's head than she's telling us. Reece toys expertly with complex themes, notably the dangers of being nostalgic for a past that never existed, and the result is a sophisticated psychological thriller.' --Guardian

'Being 16 can be a painful experience. Particularly if you are an oversensitive girl, an experience strikingly captured in Gordon Reece's debut novel, which already has readers marvelling at the skill with which this male author has travelled into the mind of his youthful heroine and her equally vulnerable mother . . . There are few readers who will not be involved by the steady, adroitly orchestrated tension in this visceral first novel... a truly remarkable debut. Mice is a book many will without question be talking about.' --Daily Express

'Suspenseful . . . a genuine pageturner with an intriguingly flawed and complex pair of heroines' --Metro

'A thrilling story which is all the better for the flawed nature of the heroines' --Booksellers' Choice, The Bookseller

'A slow-burner whose tension builds and builds' --Daily Mail

`A simple, perfect solitaire diamond of a thriller... This unforgettable, narrowly-focused story suggests that sub-plots are for wimps as it hurtles towards a satisfyingly shocking conclusion.'
--Sunday Express

Book Description

A gripping, flawless novel . . . memorable, atmospheric and chilling Sophie Hannah Sixteen year old Shelley and her mother move to Honeysuckle cottage in the middle of the countryside, fleeing their fears and anxieties and hoping to put behind them years of suffering at the hands of others. Shelley has endured terrible bullying from the girls who used to be her best friends, and her mother has been left reeling following a divorce from her selfish, demanding husband. For Shelley and her mother are mice timid, nervous and obliging. And for a while, in their cottage-haven, the women flourish. But one night, their fragile peace is shattered when Shelley wakes to hear a creak on the stairs. Someone has broken into the house . . . In the shocking, chilling events that follow, Shelleys world is turned on its head, as the women find themselves tested as never before. And as their lives spiral out of control, the tension reaches fever pitch, and Shelley begins to wonder: if she and her mother are not mice after all, then what are they? 'Truly remarkable . . . Mice is a book many will without question be talking about' Daily Express 'A sophisticated psychological thriller . . . gripping' Guardian

Library : General
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9780230751880