{"product_id":"9781472117984-half-the-world-away","title":"Half the World Away","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea chilling evocation of a mother's worst nightmare\u003cbr\u003eEvery parent's worst gap year nightmare.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Stunning' - \u003ci\u003eAnn Cleeves\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvery parent's worst gap year nightmare.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter graduating, Lori Maddox heads off travelling and arrives in China where she finds work as a private  English tutor. Back in Manchester, her parents Jo and Tom follow her adventures on her blog. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuddenly communication stops. When the  silence persists a frantic Jo and Tom report her missing. But it's  impossible to find out anything from so far away, so they travel to Chengdu to search  for their daughter.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLanding in a totally unfamiliar country,  with no knowledge of the customs or language, and receiving scant help  from the local authorities, Jo and Tom are forced to turn detective. It's an unbearably difficult challenge and, as the days pass,  the fear that Lori is lost for good grows ever larger.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Cath Staincliffe:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Harrowing and humane. A real knockout' Ian Rankin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It's always exciting to see a writer get better and better and Cath Staincliffe is doing just that' Val McDermid\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Remarkable depth . The most grown-up writer in British crime fiction' \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450635956598,"sku":"9781472117984","price":4.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27480872.jpg?v=1760453659","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781472117984-half-the-world-away","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}