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  • Location: Glasgow

A Bad Bad Place

A Bad Bad Place

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1979: Everyone’s talking about Janey Devine…

  • ISBN: 978-0857508003
  • Genre: Coming of Age, Crime

What you need to know before your trail

While walking her dog, twelve-year-old Janey finds a murdered woman on an abandoned railway – and her innocent childhood ends in a shocking moment of trauma.

When the victim is named as daughter of a local hardman, Janey’s nana, Maggie, is distraught and deeply afraid. Janey claims she can’t remember what she saw that day, but the police think she’s hiding something, and they’re not the only ones interested.

Maggie tries desperately to keep Janey safe but is battling long-buried secrets of her own. As fear and rumour stalk the streets of Possilpark, Maggie becomes convinced she will lose her beloved granddaughter forever – especially when Janey starts to remember exactly what happened in that bad, bad place…

Travel Guide

Glasgow 1970s

Ah to go back to the 1970s and especially in Glasgow – this is what this book offers and its a grand adventure.

We visit many parts of the city from Possilpark to Hillhead to the Botanics where excitedly there is a secret railway….

Very mysterious. Worth searching for in real life!

BookTrail Boarding Pass: A Bad, Bad Place

Destination/location: Glasgow  Author/guide:  Frances Crawford  Departure Time: 1979

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