Awards

• Long-listed for UKLA Book Award 2019 (UK)
• Short-listed for CrimeFest Awards (Best Crime Novel for YA) 2019 (UK)
• Short-listed for YA Book Prize 2019 (UK)
• Winner of Oxfordshire Book Award 2018 (UK)

Overview

""A gripping and gloriously treacherous thriller without guide ropes or safety nets. Leave all certainties by the door."" Frances Hardinge A taut thriller about murder, maths and the mind. Peter Blankman is afraid of everything and must confront unimaginable terror when his mother is attacked. Seventeen-year-old Peter Blankman is a maths prodigy. He also suffers from severe panic attacks. Afraid of everything, he finds solace in the orderly and logical world of mathematics and in the love of his family: his scientist mum and his tough twin sister Bel, as well as Ingrid, his only friend. However, when his mother is found stabbed before an award ceremony and his sister is nowhere to be found, Pete is dragged into a world of espionage and violence where state and family secrets intertwine. Armed only with his extraordinary analytical skills, Peter may just discover that his biggest weakness is his greatest strength.

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Reviews

Dazzling. It's as though Escher and Schrodinger had collaborated on a thriller. * M. R. Carey, author of The Girl With All The Gifts * White Rabbit, Red Wolf is incredible. My mind is blown. It's thrilling, SO smart and packs an emotional punch. A Beautiful Mind meets The Bourne Identity with complicated and fascinating teenage protagonists. Author Tom Pollock skillfully weaves together mental health, complicated mathematics, murder, and mystery - resulting in a brilliant and unforgettable psychological thriller. * Katherine Webber, author of Wing Jones * Breathless, smart, twisty and heartfelt! Like a YA Le Carre. * Kim Curran, author of Shift * Exceptional. It's funny, bleak and emotionally brutal, and had me permanently on the edge of my seat. * Jon Courtenay Grimwood, author of Moskva, The Last Banquet and 9Tail Fox * A dazzling, dizzying rollercoaster of a novel, about memory and family and other things you can't completely trust. It will twist your brain in the best possible way. * Will Hill, author of After the Fire and The Department 19 series *

Dazzling. It's as though Escher and Schroedinger had collaborated on a thriller. * M. R. Carey, author of The Girl With All The Gifts * A gripping and gloriously treacherous thriller without guide ropes or safety nets. Leave all certainties by the door. * Frances Hardinge, Costa-award-winning author of The Lie Tree * White Rabbit, Red Wolf is incredible. My mind is blown. It's thrilling, SO smart and packs an emotional punch. A Beautiful Mind meets The Bourne Identity with complicated and fascinating teenage protagonists. Author Tom Pollock skillfully weaves together mental health, complicated mathematics, murder, and mystery - resulting in a brilliant and unforgettable psychological thriller. * Katherine Webber, author of Wing Jones * Breathless, smart, twisty and heartfelt! Like a YA Le Carre. * Kim Curran, author of Shift * Exceptional. It's funny, bleak and emotionally brutal, and had me permanently on the edge of my seat. * Jon Courtenay Grimwood, author of Moskva, The Last Banquet and 9Tail Fox *

Author Information

Tom Pollock is the author of urban fantasy trilogy The Skyscraper Throne. White Rabbit, Red Wolf is his first book for teenagers. Tom lives in London and you can follow him on Twitter: @tomhpollock

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