leave home with very little to their name?), reading the background you really feel for these kids. Put me in Sue Ellen's shoes (what's left of them) and I'd do just about anything to get out of there. They're living hand-to-mouth in an era where people of different races only mix when a white person needs a black person to do some work for a pittance. I loved the way Joe R. Lansdale wrote Edge of Dark Water with a bit of a Texan drawl as if Sue Ellen actually telling me the story. I found it helped put me right where Sue Ellen was. Despite all she's been through, Sue Ellen is quite a character and it shines through in her narration.. At first I thought this might be a young adult book, but Edge of Dark Water gets pretty gruesome and disturbing in places, and takes the reader on a rollercoaster ride. The book also deals with some pretty serious subjects such as racism, alcoholism, domestic violence and the like. Edge of Dark Water flows at quite a pace and is pretty compelling. It's one of those books that you pulls you in and doesn't let you go until the end. I thoroughly enjoyed it and can't believe I've never read a Joe R. Lansdale book before. Definitely recommended! -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - Please note: I received this book free from Hodder in return for a review. However, this has in no