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Straight Circles
Domestic satire meets gripping suspense in Straight Circles, the final, explosive chapter of Jackie Bateman’s Lizzy Trilogy. The original and eccentric cast of characters return in this genre-bending thriller, but not everyone’s getting out alive.
Newly pregnant Lizzy arrives to revisit old haunts in the bleak Scottish town that she escaped years ago as a teenage runaway. Along with a yearning to rediscover her roots, she wants to confront her harrowing past and learn what happened to her mother, whose disappearance has remained unsolved. Instead, she comes face to face with her estranged father, whose violent side soon emerges with devastating consequences.
In Straight Circles, Lizzy returns to the heart of the story, where the stakes are higher than ever. Where it all began is where it will all end, in a chilling confrontation with the man who has been tracking her for years.
Newly pregnant Lizzy arrives to revisit old haunts in the bleak Scottish town that she escaped years ago as a teenage runaway. Along with a yearning to rediscover her roots, she wants to confront her harrowing past and learn what happened to her mother, whose disappearance has remained unsolved. Instead, she comes face to face with her estranged father, whose violent side soon emerges with devastating consequences.
In Straight Circles, Lizzy returns to the heart of the story, where the stakes are higher than ever. Where it all began is where it will all end, in a chilling confrontation with the man who has been tracking her for years.
224 pages, Paperback
Published July 15, 2018
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Jackie Bateman
5 books7 followersJackie Bateman is an author and screenwriter living in Vancouver, Canada. Her first novel 'Nondescript Rambunctious' won a national First Book Competition in Canada. It grew into a trilogy of dark, psychological thrillers. The second novel 'Savour' was shortlisted for the ReLit Awards. The third 'Straight Circles' won a gold IPPY. Her debut YA novel 'Beauty and the Freak' was a finalist for Screencraft Cinematic Book and shortlisted for the International Yeovil literary prize.
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October 2, 2018
"Straight Circles" is the gripping conclusion to Jackie Bateman's Lizzie trilogy. It's not for the faint hearted. It looks at the seedier side of life with not one but two serial killers. Written in multiple voices, the characters are fascinating, the suspense breath taking and conclusion satisfying.
If you like dark thrillers, you must read all three books in this series.
If you like dark thrillers, you must read all three books in this series.
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