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By Kate London Published by Corvus Synopsis: When a teenage boy steps out of the shadows of Gallowstree Lane and asks a passer-by for help, it's already too late. His life is bleeding out on the London street.  The murder threatens to derail Operation Perseus, a cover police investigation into the Eardsley Bluds, an organised criminal network. Detective Kieran Shaw can't and won't allow that to happen. But fifteen-year-old Ryan has other ideas. He's witnessed the death of his best friend, and now he wants someone to pay… As loyalties collide, a chain of events is triggered that threatens everyone with a connection to Gallowstree Lane.  How did this book end up in my hands? This was another successful serialisation via The Pigeonhole . Was it a page-turner? Definitely, yes. I probably would have read it much quicker if I had had a physical copy in my hands. However, I’m glad I didn’t because I was slightly out of my depth in the world of police investigati...

Hi Kate! First of all, I would like to congratulate you on the publication of Gallowstree Lane ! Can you please briefly tell us what it is about? A: A boy steps out of the shadows of Gallowstree Lane and asks a stranger for help. The stranger is an off-duty paramedic and quickly realises the boy has been stabbed and that his life is in danger. In his concern he doesn’t notice the other boy, watching in the shadows. This is Ryan. Spencer, the boy who has been stabbed, is his best friend. Ryan’s is desperate to find out why Spencer has been killed and determined to take revenge for his death. In the process he gets drawn into the bigger world of serious and organised crime, where the stakes are high and the violence ripples outwards to endanger everyone who has dealings on Gallowstree Lane. Did you have the plot entirely figured out when you started writing the book or did it take an unexpected turn as the characters grew on the page? A: I don’t have a plot figured out from ...