Split Second

By Sophie McKenzie

A heart-stopping YA thriller, from the author of the award-winning Girl, Missingand Close My Eyes. . .

Bound together by the devastating consequences of a terrorist attack on a London market, teenagers Charlotte (Charlie) and Nat appear at first to have much in common. But, as Charlie gets closer to Nat and his family, she begins to wonder if perhaps he knows more about the attack than he has let on. Split Second is an action-packed thriller that shifts between the perspectives of its two main characters as their courage and their loyalties are tested to the limit.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Release date: Sep 12, 2013
• ISBN: 9781471116001

Sophie McKenzie

Having started out as a journalist and editor, Sophie McKenzie became a full-time author after being made redundant and taking up a creative writing course. She immediately fell in love with writing stories and her debut novel Girl, Missing was just the beginning of a multi-award-winning career.