The trip of a lifetime could be murder... When DanteοΏ½s best friend Asmir offers to pay for them both to take a bus trip around New Zealand, he leaps at the opportunity. He needs to get away from it all for a while; the recent loss of his uncle, the end of his relationship, even his uni course. But a
Number 8
β Scribed by Fienberg, Anna
- Book ID
- 107527575
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 527 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780802734983
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Jackson, a bona fide numbers freak, has never lived outside the city before. But his mother whisked them away to the suburbs after witnessing some after hours ''dealing'' at the casino she performed in, hoping they could just disappear. Soon, strange phone calls start making his mother nervous, a mysterious car keeps driving by their house, and a crazy driver almost runs him down. His new friend Asim recognizes these threatening tactics from his childhood as an enemy of Sadaam in Iraq. Still, Jackson is hoping to keep the growing danger a secret from his new girlfriend, Esmerelda. Until one night she disappears raising the stakes in a dangerous game where all bets are off. Prepared to be glued to your seat by this character-driven mystery novel filled with math, gangsters, and a just a touch of OCD.
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