Without Consent - Softcover

"1 'A splendid debut, fast-paced and well-written.' Iain Pears(Tread Softly) 2 'She leads the reader down lots of false trails and builds up many moments of suspense before the truth is finally revealed. It's a fine debut and hints at lots more good storeis to come.' Coventry Evening Telegraph(Tread Sftly) 3 'A promising debut.' Sunday Telegraph 4 'Georgie Hale creates as fast-paced story with a dramatic denouement.' Manchester Evening News 5 'Cracking debut novel from Georgie Hale...a splendid read, full of the unexpected' Huddersfield Examiner 6 'A well-told, intelligent storywhich never flags and makes one look forward to her next.' Birmingham Post

Detective-Inspector Ray Whitelaw thinks - like everyone else - that Danny is just another young thug. But Danny's drama teacher is Kieran Henshall, who himself escaped from a similar existence when he was a teenager. Kieran knows Danny would never abandon his beloved dog, knows that someone had scared Danny badly. And soon, Whitelaw has traced a connection between Danny Nolan and two murder victims. But no matter where Ray Whitelaw turns, all the trails lead back to one family - the Denstones. The glamorous actress, the rich local businessman she married, are somehow involved in the story of the unwanted boy and his troubled past.