A split second is all it takes to make a decision - but what if it is the wrong one?
A winter's evening and a trio of unruly youths board a bus and gang up on teenager Luke Murray, hurling abuse and threatening to kill him. The bus is full but no one intervenes until Jason Barnes, a young student, challenges the youths with devastating consequences.Split Second tackles questions of bravery, fear and kindness and explores the real human impact of violent crime.
Praise for Cath Staincliffe,
A book about courage and compromise, about how sometimes it's kinder and braver to lie. Stunning. Anne Cleeves.
Modest, compassionate...a solid ingenious plotter with a sharp eye for domestic detail.' Literary Review
'Complex and satisfying.' The Sunday Times'About as good as the British private eye novel gets.' Time Out
'An engrossing read'. Sunday Telegraph
- ISBN10 0750537167
- ISBN13 9780750537162
- Publish Date 1 May 2013 (first published 19 April 2012)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 2 June 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Magna Large Print Books
- Edition Large type / large print edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 352
- Language English