Yet, when Jen awakens to find herself drugged and dangling off the local lighthouse during a wild storm less than twenty-four hours after a 'family emergency' takes her home to Cornwall, she needs all her skill to battle her way to safety. And she's checked herself into a rehab centre to prove it. Until she went too far and hurt the people she cares about. Both her work and personal life revolved around climbing, and the adrenaline high it gave her. Jen Shaw has climbed all her life: daring ascents of sheer rock faces, crumbling buildings, cranes - the riskier the better.

Jane will be talking to us all about her new book On The Edge, her inspiration, her writing process, and much more. But what if the safest option is to leave on a smuggler's boat? 31.For independent Bookshop week, we have twinned with our local publisher Old Castle Books to bring you an afternoon with crime writer Jane Jesmond. Within hours of Jen's arrival, Nahla is killed in suspicious circumstances, and Jen and Morwenna find themselves responsible for the safety of her daughters. But when things don't go as planned and her brother calls to voice concerns over the whereabouts of their mother, Morwenna, Jen finds herself travelling to a refugee camp on the south coast of Malta. And it's nothing to do with the fact that an old acquaintance suggested that she meet him there. Jen Shaw is climbing in the mountains near Alajar, Spain. 9780857308375 Cut Adrift 31.6000 NZD InStock /shop/books /shop/books/fiction /shop/books/fiction/crime-thrillers Risk everything, trust no one.

But what if the safest option is to leave on a smuggler's boat? Jen is instantly out of her depth, surrounded by stories of unimaginable suffering and increasing tensions within the camp. But when things don't go as planned and her brother calls to voice concerns over the whereabouts of their mother, Morwenna, Jen finds herself travelling to a refugee camp on the south coast of Malta.įree-spirited and unpredictable as ever, Morwenna is working with a small NGO, helping her Libyan friend, Nahla, seek asylum for her family. But when things don't go as planned and her brother calls to voice concerns over the whereabouts of their mother, Morwenna, Jen finds herself travelling to a refugee camp on the south coast of Malta.įree-spirited and unpredictable as ever, Morwenna is working with a small NGO, helping he.

On the Edge by Jane Jesmond