Andrea Badenoch

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Andrea Badenoch

17/01/2005

Andrea Badenoch Fiction Award In September 2004, Andrea's friends launched the Andrea Badenoch Fiction Award in her memory; it will be an annual award for older women writers living in the North East.

Jan 05

WebPage: http://www.andreabadenoch.org.uk/

by Andrea Badenoch

About the Author (Photo (c) Tony Whittle)

Bibliography

First British Edition Macmillan (2002)

Paperback - Pan (2003)

Loving Geordie
A shocking coming-of-age crime story, full of wonderful characters
It is August 1960 and Glue Terrace, overlooking the River Tyne, is due to be demolished. All that remains is the abandoned rubbish of former lives. The residents themselves have already been shifted. In the midst of this desolation lives 15-year-old Leslie, whose childhood is rapidly being snatched from him. Determined to find a job, full of worries about unpaid bills and his drug-filled mother and vulnerable younger brother Geordie, his summer holidays suddenly become a journey of discovery and revelation. For in a derelict building, more a bombsite than a home, identical twins Maureen and Murial are found dead. The house had been their summer playground. But now they are lying side by side, like two sleeping angels on a tomb, a dark gash in each of their necks. Suspicion immediately falls on 'Geordie the dafty', who discovered the bodies. But Leslie is convinced of his brother's innocence, and is determined to prove it to everyone else...

Paperback - Pan (2002)

First British Edition Macmillan (2001)

Blink
'This hauntingly vivid novel, which takes Andrea Badenoch to a new level of writing
It is 1962. The Beatles have released 'Love Me Do' and John Glenn has orbited the Earth. But in this pit village in County Durham everyone is looking back towards the traditions of the past...
Except, that is, for Gloria, the local hair stylist. With her low block heels and her Mini Cooper, Gloria is a modern woman -until she's found dead, floating in the coal-polluted shallows of a nearby pond.
Gloria's young niece, Kathleen, finds the body but refuses to accept the suicide explanation embraced by the village. Gloria was optimistic and strong - she had everything to live for. So twelve-year-old Kathleen keeps her eyes open, takes photographs with her Box Brownie camera and tries to work out what has happened...
And in doing so embarks upon her own journey of discovery.
'There is a talented writer on show here' Mike Ripley, Daily Telegraph

First British Edition Macmillan (1999)

Driven
'The ice-cold stillness of the room and the blood that had stopped flowing meant one real, definite thing. Fat Andy was dead. She went over and touched his raised hand. It was ice cold. It didn’t' feel like human flesh. His face was ghastly white, his eyes half closed, his mouth slightly open as of in surprise. His cheeks were like sunken, grey dough. Jaz couldn't move…
'Andy?' she said.'
On a hot city night, Jaz and her closest friends have been toasting her birthday. Only her boyfriend, Fat Andy the amiable car thief, didn't shown up for the celebrations. When she later gets back to their South London council flat, Jaz finds him lying dead on the bed, his throat cut.
Her first instinct is to run... to lose herself amongst the homeless and disaffected of London's mean streets. But Jaz is angry about Fat Andy's murder, feeling sure she knows who was responsible. Then she becomes convinced she must act. 'Vinny, you bastard, you'll not get away with this.'
So Jaz starts pursuing Vinny, intent on ruining him, even when the crooked car dealer's heavies start to threaten her. Soon her two friends, Harm and Trace, are also drawn into this quest for vengeance - while Jaz is determined to see it through to the end.
But nothing is altogether as it seems. For Fat Andy had secrets to hide, and a background more complicated than anything Jaz imagined. Beyond the familiar world of car crime, petty rivalries and dirty dealing, there are even more sinister forces at work ... and bigger stakes than she's ever played with before.
The crime thriller is thriving ... and invigorated with new blood in Andrea Badenoch's novel.' Marie Claire
'First rate first novel ... There is a talented writer on show here. 'Mike Ripley Daily Telegraph
"Terrific thriller ... suspenseful.' She
'An excellent, gripping read.' The Big Issue

Paperback - Pan (1999)

First British Edition Macmillan (1998)

Mortal
See Review by Andrew Taylor - author of the highly acclaimed Roth & Lydmouth Series
Imogen Webb is determined to track down the killer of her friend Camilla. But as she slowly peels back the layers of Camilla's life she must ask her self one question: how well did she know her best friend?
Beautiful model Camilla Harding was charismatic, confident and strong. But, one cold December night, she became the latest victim of a killer terrorizing London.
Her best friend Imogen Webb is devastated by the loss of the woman around whom her life revolved. And she is haunted, too, by Camilla's words to her only minutes before the murder: 'Someone's threatening me. Someone I know.
Imogen vows to uncover the real killer. And there is no shortage of suspects. But perhaps most shocking of all is the picture of Camilla that begins to emerge. A picture of a woman who may have been the architect of her own death… Andrea Badenoch lives in Newcastle with her partner and three children. She is the editor of a bi-monthly periodical, Writing Women and this is her first novel. This is a psychological suspense novel that will appeal to fans of Barbara Vine and Minette Waiters. The success of Mortal in hardback has been staggering, German rights recent sold at auction for 100,000 DM (40,000) - a staggering sum for a debut crime novel. Publishes simultaneously with Andrea's new hardback novel, Driven.
'First rate first novel. ... There is a talented writer on show here.' Daily Telegraph
'An excellent, gripping read.' The Big Issue
Terrific thriller ... suspenseful.' She

About The Author
Andrea Badenoch - Obituary by Debbie Taylor

Andrea Badenoch Fiction Award
In September 2004, Andrea's friends launched the Andrea Badenoch Fiction Award in her memory; it will be an annual award for older women writers living in the North East. Details can be found at - http://www.andreabadenoch.org.uk/

Bibliography
N.B. dates and publishers in dark red indicate British First Editions. Dates and publishers in black indicate recent reprints.

Loving Geordie (Macmillan, 2002) Pan Pbk Jul 03

Blink (Macmillan, 2001) Pan Pbk Jun 02

Driven (Macmillan, 1999) Pan Pbk Aug 00

Mortal (Macmillan, 1998) Pan Pbk Aug 99