Der neue Brooks – relevant, spannend, brandaktuell Eine Nacht voller Unruhen. Ein jugendlicher Gang-Leader, den alle »Bad Castro« nennen, auf der Flucht. Und Judy, eine junge Polizistin, die nicht mehr weiß, wo Recht und Unrecht ist. Als das Polizeiauto überfallen wird, gelingt es Judy und Castro, sich unerkannt aus dem Wagen zu retten. Gemeinsam fliehen sie vor dem entfesselten Mob, der für sie gleichermaßen gefährlich ist. Denn längst ist nicht mehr klar, wo die Grenzen zwischen Freund und Feind sind – und dass sie in Wahrheit mehr verbindet, als ihnen klar ist …
Author
Kevin Brooks was born in 1959 and grew up in Exeter, Devon, England. He studied Psychology and Philosophy at Birmingham, Aston University in 1980 and Cultural Studies in London in 1983. Kevin Brooks has been in a variety of jobs including: musician, gasoline station attendant, crematorium handyman, civil service clerk, hot dog vendor at the London Zoo, post office clerk, and railway ticket office clerk. Kevin Brooks' writing career started with the publication of Martyn Pig in 2002 through The Chicken House which won the Branford Boase Award 2003 and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. He also wrote Lucas (2002) which was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and Booktrust Teenage Prize in 2003 also winning the North East Book Award in 2004. In 2004 he published Kissing the Rain and Bloodline and I See You, Baby and Candy in 2005. In 2006 he published 3 books including: Johnny Delgado Series - Like Father, Like Son and Private Detective as well as The Road of the Dead; a standalone novel. In February 2008 he published the standalone book Black Rabbit Summer. As a child, Kevin Brooks enjoyed reading detective novels. He writes most plots of the various books he has written around crime fiction. He likes mystery and suspence and enjoys putting both of those components into each and every story he writes in some shape or form.
