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 MCDERMIDSNAP 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 . . .___''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___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'' *****