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A chilling and skilful psychological thriller, from the award-winning author of Fleshmarket and The Highwayman’s Footsteps.
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Someone is watching Cat McPherson. Is it a young schizophrenic, a retired scientist, or Cat’s ex-boyfriend? Or it could be someone else entirely. An obsession with insects seems to link them all. And Cat hates insects. She’s easy prey, especially as she has given away so much about herself on an internet site which her parents have forbidden her to use. But does she even realize that she’s being stalked? A talented athlete, she’s too busy with the pressures of training and deciding whether she really wants to run for a living. The trouble is, soon she will have to run for her life
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Highly readable,
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This teenage fiction is highly readable, crossing over nicely into a quick adult read. Dual narrative is easily distinguished by font changes and is handled nicely - if you've read any dual narrative written by Robert Swindells, it is of that standard. Catriona (Cat) McPherson is a fourteen year-old athlete. In fact she's an athlete with serious potential - into swimming and running and more recently, fencing.Someone is watching Cat but she doesn't know who or how and it actually takes her a while to notice. It was this aspect that gave the novel an authentic teenage feel, I felt Cat was written like the girl she was meant to be. She's sulky and stroppy when her excessive training begins to get in the way of her life and she ignores her parents' requests to not have an account on Phiz. Phiz seems to be an amalgamation of Facebook and Twitter but without any controls or administrators. This novel is firmly pitched as teen crime fiction and it is actually quite engaging as an adult read. You're never quite sure who the watcher is or why indeed Cat is being watched, although a perceptive reader will know towards the ending who it is before it is revealed. It feels quite a `real' novel, you're never thinking that something wouldn't happen, which is nice; it's firmly grounded in reality. Similarly, the characters seem as real as they can be with a mixture of class structure in the novel. There are one or two moments where you wish it would just move on to the next step in the story but I don't feel a teen reader would be thinking the same. I'd happily recommend this book to any readers enjoying a good crime story and I'd also look out this author for other material.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Deathwatch by Nicola Morgan,
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The book Deathwatch is about Cat McPherson, a fourteen year old budding athletic superstar, who hates insects and defies her parents in using an online chat room called Phiz. Through the story, her dreams of becoming an Olympic athlete are put aside as she gets sick of training and wants a more normal life. She starts to think that someone is out to get her, in her virtual and real life. It could be her ex-boyfriend Danny, or maybe a jealous rival from her athletics club. Cat becomes more worried throughout the story and many unknown things surface. There are times when it makes you grip the sides of the book from fear and you feel as relieved as Cat when it is over. The resolution from danger is very well written and it is not one of those books where something unrealistic happens to get the hero/heroine out of a sticky situation. I thought it was very clever that, throughout the story, there was an underlying message about the dangers of social networking sites. This book is very interesting and is a compelling read, hard to put down. This is a book with a storyline which would appeal to both boys and girls and is definitely worth reading. This is a fantastic book, I read it in a day! I have read several of Nicola Morgan's books and have enjoyed them all.Georgie
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A lot more to this YA thriller than meets the eye,
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People are watching Cat McPherson. Online, in the street, from windows--but who and why? Why Cat? She has done no-one any harm--or has she? She has the makings of a great athlete but is that the reason? Someone seems to know all about her and her family... And so the seeds are sown for this above-average teen thriller. The tension mounts and before long, Cat is not just running to win a race but in fear of her life.Of course, as this is young adult fiction, I am not the target reader but this 'oldie' can appreciate the subtleties that Nicola has woven into it. I like the way that Cat is far from perfect. Like many fourteen-year-olds she thinks she knows best and she's quick to judge and dismiss people. She has dumped Danny with no remorse for her callous behaviour. But what I like best about this novel is the psychological background. Nicola writes of fear, fear of losing control, of mental breakdown. She covers Gulf War Syndrome, schizophrenia and--insects. She shows us that even 'gross' old men deserve our attention. But don't get the wrong impression., This is not a heavy or worthy read. It's a fast-paced thriller; the writing is sharp and up-to-the minutes and what's more, it has warmth and humour too. It's a classy novel for the young--and old.
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