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Fatlands

Sarah Dunant

1993214 pagesabout 3–5 hours
1993
first published
  • 1993Hamish Hamilton · 224 pagesISBN 9780241134351
  • 1994Penguin · 224 pages · ENGISBN 9780140230499
  • 1995Chivers · ENGISBN 9780745129204
  • 1995Chivers · 304 pages · ENGISBN 9780745129112
  • 2004Wheeler Pub. · 320 pages · ENGISBN 9781587248504
  • 1994Chivers Audio Books · ENGISBN 9780745142975
  • 2004Scribner · 240 pages · ENGISBN 9780743269230
  • 1994O. Penzler Books · 214 pages · ENGISBN 9781883402822

In Fatlands, private investigator Hannah Wolfe, who’s independent though not invincible, idealistic but definitely not naive, has taken on one of the less glamorous jobs in the security world—chaperoning teenage rebel Mattie Shepherd around London. But Mattie’s father is paying Hannah lots of money—more than the job is worth, it seems. Or perhaps not. The girl’s father is on the Animal Liberation Front’s hit list. But why? When violence explodes, tearing the family apart, this is what Hannah must discover. Her obsession with the truth nearly kills her, wrecking her private life and dragging her into a vortex of lies and betrayal.

How it feels

AtmosphereNoir

How it reads

Plot intensityEventful
Character focusSingle lead

When and where

ThemesJustice

Content notesnot yet assessed

Quotesnone available

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