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Being Jay Novak
Homeless children are going missing from London’s streets, and no one seems to care. Then a young American holidaymaker is taken by mistake. There’s a witness to the abduction, but she’s in a coma and trapped between this world and the next. Only one man can communicate with her unconscious self - Jay Novak - a small time drug dealer with troubles of his he’s being hunted by gangsters out for revenge, and is wanted by a policeman obsessed with taking him down. It’s a race against time to rescue the girl. And desperate steps need to be taken, or risk losing her forever. As his journey begins, Jay picks up an unusual hitchhiker, and together they travel through London's underworld, in search of the girl. But time is running out, London is under a terrorist threat, and Jay's companion is more of a hinder than a help. Can Jay find the girl before the clock stops?
194 pages, Paperback
Published October 31, 2013
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January 13, 2014
An intriguing first novel. I was quickly drawn into the story and I liked the poignant ending.
Before I go any further I should mention that I went to school with Katy Orange and though I've not seen her for a while we still chat online occasionally so perhaps I came to this book wanting to like it. Which I did. Take it with a pinch of salt if you like but I think I am being objective.
Sarah is a young mother whose life has fallen to pieces all at once with her husband's infidelity, her mother's illness and if that wasn't enough her daughter is kidnapped before her eyes on a London street. Jay is a drug dealer who has risen just high enough that he has enough knowledge to be dangerous to his boss, who now wants him dead.
At the heart of the novel is the developing relationship between Sarah and Jay as they join forces to search for her daughter, while Jay tries to stay ahead of both the police and his boss.
There is also a supernatural element to the story which is hinted at by the title. The idea will be familiar to readers of science fiction and fantasy, notably from Robert Heinlein's "I will fear no evil" although the books are otherwise quite different.
Katy handles the idea with sensitivity and realism. Sarah is a far more believable character than Heinlein's Eunice.
I'm looking forward to Katy's next book "Tamarind"
Before I go any further I should mention that I went to school with Katy Orange and though I've not seen her for a while we still chat online occasionally so perhaps I came to this book wanting to like it. Which I did. Take it with a pinch of salt if you like but I think I am being objective.
Sarah is a young mother whose life has fallen to pieces all at once with her husband's infidelity, her mother's illness and if that wasn't enough her daughter is kidnapped before her eyes on a London street. Jay is a drug dealer who has risen just high enough that he has enough knowledge to be dangerous to his boss, who now wants him dead.
At the heart of the novel is the developing relationship between Sarah and Jay as they join forces to search for her daughter, while Jay tries to stay ahead of both the police and his boss.
There is also a supernatural element to the story which is hinted at by the title. The idea will be familiar to readers of science fiction and fantasy, notably from Robert Heinlein's "I will fear no evil" although the books are otherwise quite different.
Katy handles the idea with sensitivity and realism. Sarah is a far more believable character than Heinlein's Eunice.
I'm looking forward to Katy's next book "Tamarind"
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