Snatch [Hardcover]

Gerald Hammond (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2003

Get ready for surprises for everyone from this acclaimed author Two girls are kidnapped for ransom by a pair of desperate but naive builders. But the girls, who are just as anxious to leave home and begin to live their own lives, soon dominate the two men and set up a robbery of their own. When this happens to cut across a bigger enterprise by another gang, they win more than they bargained for...

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About the Author

John Skelton was an ordained priest and rector. He was poet laureate at the University of Oxford and Cambridge University, a court poet for King Henry VII, and a tutor to King Henry VIII. Gerald Hammond is a professor of English at the University of Manchester. He is the author of Fleeting Things and The Making of the English Bible, and the editor of Selected Poems: Richard Lovelace.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Severn House Publishers (April 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0727858955
• ISBN-13: 978-0727858955
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,800,520 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Snatch it off the shelf right now!, November 23, 2003

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James N Simpson (Gold Coast, QLD Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Snatch (Hardcover)

This is the second Hammond book I have read, and like The Dirty Dollar it is sensational! Actually I like The Snatch even better. The Snatch is about a young woman named Alice, who is told off by her father for bludging off her parents and the government, told to be more like her older brother, get a job, maybe even get married and stop dressing like a tart.

Enraged she storms out and runs into her friend Sarah in a cafe. Upon leaving they are both kidnapped by two moronic men who were only after Sarah but could not be bothered waiting for her to be alone. Alice quickly works out they are in no danger from these fools and takes control of this situation. She is after all bored and if Sarah and herself could get a bit of money then they could get a flat together and get better lives away from their parents. The four will plan a crime to get them what they need.

This is a sensational thriller which you will not put down until the last page. It is fairly short, under two hundred pages of larger than average font so is a quick read. Both those who do not like reading lengthy novels and even those who do will enjoy this one. There is a brilliant twist at the end, well near the end the epilogue does drag on for a bit after the main story is over. It doesn't matter how old you are or what your reading ability is, you will enjoy this.