Snap_‘The best crime novel I’ve read in a very long time’ Val McDermid

**SNAP DECISIONS CAN BE DANGEROUS . . . **

On a stifling summer's day, eleven-year-old Jack and his two sisters sit in their broken-down car, waiting for their mother to come back and rescue them. *Jack's in charge*, she said. *I won't be long.*

But she doesn't come back. She never comes back. And life as the children know it is changed for ever.

Three years later, Jack, now fourteen, is still in charge - of his sisters, of supporting them all, of making sure nobody knows they're alone in the house, and - quite suddenly - of finding out the truth about what happened to his mother. . .

**'Original, pacy and thoroughly entertaining . . . a cracking read.' CLARE MACKINTOSH, bestselling author of *I Let You Go***

**'No one writes crime novels like Belinda Bauer, with a rare blend of darkness, humour and heart. She's a crime writing genius.' C. L. Taylor, bestselling author of *The Missing***

**PRAISE FOR BELINDA BAUER:**

'Belinda Bauer has shifted the boundaries of what makes a truly gripping, terrifying thriller. Imagine Thomas Harris crossed with Kate Atkinson and you still won't be close . . . will leave you breathless.' ** *Daily Mirror* **

'Belinda Bauer is a marvel. Her novels are almost indecently gripping and enjoyable.' **Sophie Hannah**

'Bauer's victims are so beautifully illuminated . . . you sense their fears oozing off the page.' ** *Daily Express* **

'Bauer sees deeper than most into people's emotions.' ** *The Times* **

'One of the leading names in crime fiction.' ** *Stylist* **