Jo Cooper leads an uneventful life, selling jewellery on a Greenwich market stall and trying not to pay attention to the noises made by the S&M devotees who live next door. An ex-drug-addict herself, she has a penchant for rescuing people, which gets her in trouble when she helps a frightened girl escape from some Russian thugs. The mysterious woman overturns Jo's life, plunging her into the world of illegal immigration and prostitution, where human lives are ruthlessly traded, and violence and distrust are rife.
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'A blackly comic thriller where a London market trader finds herself plunged into the world of illegal immigration and teenage prostitution.' lovereading.co.uk 'Sparkling, fast paced and blackly comic.' tangledweb.co.uk '...an unorthodox mix of comedy, kitchen-sink drama and dark thriller...Alper...move[s] the narrative seamlessly from the comic opportunities sexual perversion provides, to the darker, violent side of prostitution and sexual slavery.' -- Martin Tierney HERALD (5.2.05) 'Alper has a gift for voices... She understands suspense, too. The pace is fast; as Jo gets further and further embroiled into what is patently a very dangerous situation, the tension increases, new characters get involved and the plot, as the cliche goes, thickens very satisfactorily.' SHOTSMAG.CO.UK (February 2005) 'her voice is fresh and bright and laced with a darkly delicious anarchic sense of humour.' -- Roz Clarke CHATSHOW.NET (February 2005) 'pacey, funny, heart-warming...This is about the grim existence of desperate people clinging on at the brink, yet told with great humour and love. It is brilliantly written with all the underlying tensions of a terrific page-turner. Get out there, buy it, and read it.' -- Gwyn Griffiths MORNING STAR (21.2.05) 'Trading Tatianais a rapidly-moving novel that blends black comedy, soft politics and an array of well-developed characters to form a book that is immensely entertaining and packed with unexpected twists.' LATEST 7 (February 2005) 'a fast-paced thriller.' LIVING SOUTH MAGAZINE (1.2.05)
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Debi Alper lives in South London with her young family. She is a finance officer at London Advice Services Alliance and a part-time wedding photographer. Trading Tatiana is her second novel.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
It's that van again !,
By Emma (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Trading Tatiana (Paperback)
Like the second series of Shameless, this novel is darker and better than the first.
Although more contemplative, there are thrills, spills and acrobatics as Tatiana flees her men in black. Of course the Nirvanans, seen here in a vertiginous perspective through the eyes of Jo, get in on the action, until the unexpected ending, poignant with buddhist resonances, resolves everybody's struggle. This is a book glowing with humanity. You could warm your hands on it.
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A delicious read,
By Liane Spicer (Trinidad & Tobago) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Trading Tatiana (Paperback)
Debi Alper plunges you right into the action with an ex drug addict, compulsively helpful heroine whose penchant for rescuing any man, woman or animal in distress catapults her into big trouble with the Eastern European underworld of London's gritty east side.
A delicious read, with great characterization and lots of suspenseful twists and turns.
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