Description: Bauer pens a psychological thriller about the cat-and-mouse game between a boy desperately seeking the truth about his uncle's murder and the murderer himself.
Brief description: Belinda Bauer grew up in England and South Africa. She has worked as a journalist and screenwriter, and her scriptThe Locker Roomearned her the Carl Foreman/Bafta Award for Young British Screenwriters, an award that was presented to her by Sidney Poitier. She was a runner-up in the Rhys Davies Short Story Competition for Mysterious Ways, about a girl stranded on a desert island with 30,000 Bibles. Belinda now lives in Wales. Her latest novel, Snap, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
Review Quotes: "Blacklands is leading the pack of profound new mysteries. . . . Atmospheric . . . . bewitching . . . . a brilliant analysis of an exceedingly twisted mind." -Chicago Tribune