Crime & Thriller Book of the Year (Specsavers National Book Awards)
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2018.

'The best crime novel I've read in a very long time.' VAL MCDERMID

SNAP DECISIONS CAN BE DANGEROUS . . .

On a stifling summer's day, eleven-year-old Jack and his two sisters sit in their broken-down car, waiting for their mother to come back and rescue them. Jack's in charge, she'd said. I won't be long.

But she doesn't come back. She never comes back. And life as the children know it is changed for ever.

Three years later, Jack is still in charge - of his sisters, of supporting them all, of making sure nobody knows they're alone in the house, and - quite suddenly - of finding out the truth about what happened to his mother . . .

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'Original, pacy and thoroughly entertaining . . . a cracking read.' CLARE MACKINTOSH

'No one writes crime novels like Belinda Bauer, with a rare blend of darkness, humour and heart. She's a crime writing genius.' C. L. TAYLOR

'Edgy, original and beautifully written, this suspenseful story is dazzlingly good.' Sunday Mirror

'The opening of Snap is one of the most vividly unnerving I have read . . . razor-sharp observation.' Guardian

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Readers are gripped by Snap:

'Full of suspenseful twists and turns' *****
'Twisty, intriguing and so cleverly written I couldn't put it down' *****
'A refreshingly different murder mystery' *****

The best crime novel I've read in a very long time. * Val McDermid *
Snap is the best kind of crime novel - it gives you chills, it makes you think, and it touches your heart. I loved it! * Sarah Pinborough, No. 1 bestselling author of BEHIND HER EYES *
Original, pacy and thoroughly entertaining . . . a cracking read. * Clare Mackintosh, bestselling author of I LET YOU GO *
If you loved Steven Lamb in Bauer's debut Blacklands you will love Jack Bright in Snap. No one writes crime novels like Belinda Bauer, with such a rare blend of darkness, humour and heart. She's a crime writing genius and no mistake -- C.L Taylor
Intelligent entertainment that keeps you guessing * Sunday Times Crime Club *
Spine-chilling, tension-packed gripper * Woman and Home *
Belinda Bauer is one of the very few really original crime writers of our time . . . The plot is neat and clever, but it is not the stories, the style or the characters alone - though all are good - that set Bauer's work apart. It is an indefinable extra ingredient that makes some books stand out from the crowd. This is one of them. * Literary Review *
Is there a current writer in the genre who can be guaranteed never to repeat themselves - and who comes up with an original premise for each new book? Yes there is - and it is the highly individual Belinda Bauer. Snap, her latest novel, continues this pleasing trajectory . . . Bauer (as ever) is very much her own woman, and produces something that exerts a considerable grip on the reader. * Crime Time *
Edgy, original and beautifully written, this suspenseful story is dazzlingly good. * Sunday Mirror *
Belinda Bauer's plots are never anything less than original and unsettling, and her latest outing is no exception. * Sunday Times *

Belinda Bauer grew up in England and South Africa and now lives in Wales. She worked as a journalist and a screenwriter before finally writing a book to appease her nagging mother.

For her debut, Blacklands, Belinda was awarded the CWA Gold Dagger for Crime Novel of the Year. She went on to win the CWA Dagger in the Library for her body of work. Her fourth novel, Rubbernecker, was voted Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. Her eighth novel, Snap, was a Sunday Times bestseller. It was longlisted for the Man Booker prize and voted Crime & Thriller Book of the Year at the Specsavers National Book Awards.

Her books have been translated into twenty-five languages.