With bugs in her skin and noise in her head, Riz is real and the rest are fake. What matters to her: Mark Rothko's art. So despite the horror of family time, it's a fine thing that a major Rothko show coincides with the global conference where her so-called Dad is such a big wheel. Holed up with VIPs at a heavily guarded hotel, Riz collides with a sharp-dressed assassin she calls The Man. As she plunges into a world of covert deals and power plays, Riz is befriended and betrayed by Russian and Syrian agents. And emotionally bruised by the leader of a violent anti-capitalist group in town to protest the conference. Told in Riz's breathless, insistent voice, the edgy friendship between the isolated teen and the travelling killer drives a thrill-ride through riot-torn London. Mark Wagstaff's work has appeared in journals and anthologies in the US and UK. He won the 39th Annual 3-Day Novel Contest with off-kilter romcom Attack of the Lonely Hearts published by Anvil Press. Mark's second short story collection Burn Lines was published by InkTears.
- | Author: Mark Wagstaff
- | Publisher: Cinnamon Press
- | Publication Date: May 02, 2022
- | Number of Pages: 298 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1788649362
- | ISBN-13: 9781788649360
- Author:
- Mark Wagstaff
- Publisher:
- Cinnamon Press
- Publication Date:
- May 02, 2022
- Number of pages:
- 298 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1788649362
- ISBN-13:
- 9781788649360