Smiling Jack
Young Adult Fiction Finalist
Smiling Jack
Ken Catran
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 978-1-86950-812-8 pb RRP $23.50
Target age 12+
A classic whodunnit with a startling and unexpected twist, Ken Catran's dark and brooding murder mystery is a real pageturner that will have you looking over your shoulder like Robert, desperately trying to second-guess Smiling Jack.
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Ken Catran has written professionally for 30 years, beginning in television. He now writes YA fiction, and has published close to fifty 50 books, history, war fiction, thrillers and science fiction published internationally. Winner of nine writing awards, he was the 2007 recipient of the Margaret Mahy Award for services to children’s literature. Ken lives in South Canterbury. |
