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Bloodline
Finbar Black's day is turned upside down when a crazy, beautiful girl bursts into the house with a gun and a bag full of cash. Here we meet the Black family: four generations of schemers, liars, cheats and losers and, via a succession of twists and turns, we find out why she's there.
- GenresYoung AdultCrimeThriller
117 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2004
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About the author
Kevin Brooks
66 books876 followersKevin Brooks was born in 1959 and grew up in Exeter, Devon, England. He studied Psychology and Philosophy at Birmingham, Aston University in 1980 and Cultural Studies in London in 1983. Kevin Brooks has been in a variety of jobs including: musician, gasoline station attendant, crematorium handyman, civil service clerk, hot dog vendor at the London Zoo, post office clerk, and railway ticket office clerk.
Kevin Brooks's writing career started with the publication of Martyn Pig in 2002 through The Chicken House which won the Branford Boase Award 2003 and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. He also wrote Lucas (2002) which was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and Booktrust Teenage Prize in 2003 also winning the North East Book Award in 2004.
In 2004 he published Kissing the Rain and Bloodline and I See You, Baby and Candy in 2005. In 2006 he published 3 books including: Johnny Delgado Series - Like Father, Like Son and Private Detective as well as The Road of the Dead; a standalone novel. In February 2008 he published the standalone book Black Rabbit Summer.
As a child, Kevin Brooks enjoyed reading detective novels. He writes most plots of the various books he has written around crime fiction. He likes mystery and suspence and enjoys putting both of those components into each and every story he writes in some shape or form.
Kevin Brooks's writing career started with the publication of Martyn Pig in 2002 through The Chicken House which won the Branford Boase Award 2003 and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. He also wrote Lucas (2002) which was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and Booktrust Teenage Prize in 2003 also winning the North East Book Award in 2004.
In 2004 he published Kissing the Rain and Bloodline and I See You, Baby and Candy in 2005. In 2006 he published 3 books including: Johnny Delgado Series - Like Father, Like Son and Private Detective as well as The Road of the Dead; a standalone novel. In February 2008 he published the standalone book Black Rabbit Summer.
As a child, Kevin Brooks enjoyed reading detective novels. He writes most plots of the various books he has written around crime fiction. He likes mystery and suspence and enjoys putting both of those components into each and every story he writes in some shape or form.
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Displaying 1 - 18 of 18 reviews
April 26, 2017
I liked it. Simple, amusing, with quite good characters and easy to read if you want to improve your english.
June 30, 2018
Used as a read aloud with my year 9 EAL class. Never again.
August 22, 2019
An easy light read kind of cool and twisty, worth reading if you have spare time but I would not go out of my way to recommend it.
October 28, 2017
WAS war das denn bitte?
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November 2, 2021I was a bit surprised by the direction it took, but otherwise not a very memorable read. One week later I can’t really remember how it ended… But ok for a short & super-readable story for teens, I guess.
August 19, 2017
Short and hectic. That ending was an astounding twist.
March 20, 2022
For a school book it was really not bad
September 14, 2022
Bit short, but effective, i could feel the tension
March 16, 2014
I read this book because it is written by my favourite author and it was a short and simple book i could read in this bus.
I liked the simplicity and complications and the same time. It is a short and sweet book. I didn't like however how the story ended.
My favourite character in this story is the grandfather of Lucas. He is easy yet witty. Money hungry but ignorant. He is an interesting character not a usual old man you would expect. “never feel guilty about anything shame and guilt are a waste of time just do what you do-- and deal with it” this is true and it made me think deeply about the game of life i often find myself thinking about life and Kevin usually relates his stories to realistic life problems which is one reason why i like his writing. He is true and original.
I recommend this book for anyone who doesn't like reading. It has many thrills but its quite short. And pleasing.
I liked the simplicity and complications and the same time. It is a short and sweet book. I didn't like however how the story ended.
My favourite character in this story is the grandfather of Lucas. He is easy yet witty. Money hungry but ignorant. He is an interesting character not a usual old man you would expect. “never feel guilty about anything shame and guilt are a waste of time just do what you do-- and deal with it” this is true and it made me think deeply about the game of life i often find myself thinking about life and Kevin usually relates his stories to realistic life problems which is one reason why i like his writing. He is true and original.
I recommend this book for anyone who doesn't like reading. It has many thrills but its quite short. And pleasing.
February 15, 2015
Another suspenseful tale by my favorite author, Kevin Brooks. With just a few curse words, this book would make an excellent read aloud for adolescents. There are a few plot twists and the story moves very quickly. Finbar is spending a boring Saturday afternoon with his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. Everything is as mundane as usual until a girl breaks in with a gun and a bag full of cash. Finbar is unsure of what she plans to do, but the older generations in his family may be just as unpredictable. I'm anxious to see what my tutorial students think of this book!
January 1, 2015
This was actually quite a suspenseful book considering how few pages it has. You really feel for him because his male family are awful and while reading the story, you can imagine how bad it must be to sit in that house with 3 generations of your family who ignore you when you visit. I liked how the day was dull and ordinary one minute then from the arrival of one person the whole book changes to a suspenseful thriller and you aren't certain which way it is going to go.
Really good short read.
Really good short read.
April 11, 2011
I have a tendency to rate authors by how good their short stories are. I read this in about an hour and although I liked it, it is certainly not reminiscent of Brooks' standard. The writing seemed slightly rushed to me, and the ending was rather bizarre. Worth a read but certainly wouldn't recommend this to someone who had never read any Brooks beforehand.
December 8, 2014
Tavallinen pakkovierailu lauantai-iltapäivänä isän, isoisän ja isoisoisän luona. Takaovesta paukahtaa sisään aseistettu moottoripyöräkuteissa oleva tyyppi, poliisi piirittää talon ja sitten aletaan hieroa kauppaa...
Mukava lopputwisti, helppoa lukion enkkuvinkkauksiin.
Mukava lopputwisti, helppoa lukion enkkuvinkkauksiin.
November 7, 2022
Finbar kjeder seg nesten til døde på besøk hos faren (og dermed også bestefar og oldefar). Kjedsomheten får en brå slutt når en maskert fremmed med skytevåpen stormer inn. Artig, lettlest sak med en uventet tvist.
October 1, 2009
Great for young adults... divertido...se lee en un ratito.
August 22, 2016
Well... it was OK. Took me about an hour to read, easy language and concepts. A nice but simple story, with slight plot twists.
December 4, 2021
Not the best book i have read but it is great for people who do not like reading long books
July 13, 2016
I enjoyed this read it had a good storyline
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