{"product_id":"running-out-of-road-2","title":"Running out of Road","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Staincliffe excels herself here with the story of a teenage girl abducted by her real father... [a]\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eharrowing but human drama.' \u003ci\u003eIrish Daily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA missing schoolgirl, a middle-aged recluse, an exploited teenager. Lives thrown into chaos and set on collision course. With the police in hot pursuit.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScarlett is dancing in the school talent show tomorrow. Nana, who Scarlett lives with since Mum died, reckons Scarlett will  be on \u003ci\u003eStrictly\u003c\/i\u003e at this rate. Except Scarlett doesn't make it home from school. She's abducted by a man she never imagined she'd see again. A man on the police's most wanted list. Her dad. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRon has made a living as a house and pet sitter since quitting his career on the front line in the fire service. He's currently looking after a place deep in the Derbyshire Peaks. The solitude suits him. And managing animals is so much simpler than coping with other people. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDylan's a 'cuckoo', dealing drugs on the county line, moving from nest to nest, picking out people who daren't say no. Keeping his head down, one step ahead of the law. So far. But now everything's falling apart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDS Laura O'Neil is running on empty after nights dealing with her teething toddler. But Laura is driving the hunt for Scarlett and knows that every minute counts. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA race against time, played out in the brooding wilderness, the limeston\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ee gorges and gritstone edges of the Peak District. Themes of escape and entrapment, of shifting loyalties and new alliances, of violence, fear and love, resilience, kindness and hope.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Cath Staincliffe:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''This powerful, often harrowing story will move you to tears' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMy Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Harrowing and humane. A real knockout' \u003cb\u003eIan Rankin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It's always exciting to see a writer get better and better and Cath Staincliffe is doing just that' \u003cb\u003eVal McDermid\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Powerful, complex and utterly gripping' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Mirror\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An intelligent and emotionally engaging moral workout' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Complex and satisfying' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54262094135640,"sku":"9781472132123","price":26.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781472132123_67928995-eb26-43d5-95f1-ce3ff836f70e.jpg?v=1764558049","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/running-out-of-road-2","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}