A Pitch-Black Crime Debut.
When an anonymous tip-off brings PC Lawson to an empty house he finds the body of a murdered prostitute, a pet rabbit and a rucksack with the name Jacob Palmer in it.
The police already know about Jacob - a young runaway who seems to be behind a spate of stolen canaries. Is he also the mysterious caller who alerted them to the dead woman's presence? To discover the truth the police are forced to set up surveillance on the house . . .
Only Jacob has seen too much trouble in his young life. Modelling himself on his hero James Bond, he's more than adept at keeping one step ahead of the authorities. But hiding out from the law is throwing Jacob into some unlikely company, any one of whom could be the killer . . .
With her highly original voice and vivid characterisation, Kate Stacey's quirky pitch-black debut novel is a triumph.
