Sister slaughter
By: Raymond Haigh
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Ulverscroft
Publisher: Thorpe
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Leicester [England]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781444824698
Subjects: Secrets; Fiction; Attempted murder
Description: Eleven-year-old Zarina hides amongst the trees surrounding her home. Her mother, brother and sister have been violently taken away by strangers; her stepfather Alexander is bedridden; and she is terrified of entering the house. Armed guards appear at the gates. Nurses and doctors come and go. A man creeps through the trees, furtively photographing the house and its visitors. And then the woman with the big black gun arrives ... Samantha Quest has been sent to protect Alexander - and to extract the political information he harbours. But danger is all around, and it will take every last drop of Samantha's cunning and bravery to safeguard both his life and Zarina's ...