{"product_id":"9781772140224","title":"Savour","description":"\u003cp\u003eReLit Long Shortlist, 2015\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSavour\u003c\/i\u003e is the follow-up to Bateman’s award-winning debut novel, \u003ci\u003eNondescript Rambunctious\u003c\/i\u003e, and the second book in a trilogy about a dark, suspected serial killer named Oliver. \u003ci\u003eSavour\u003c\/i\u003e retains the dark threads of sociopathic depravity that ran through the debut novel, but is once again tempered with a tender ray of humanity. Lizzy is streetwise, yet fragile, and her desperate journey is both uplifting and heartbreaking.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLizzy lives in the shadier part of London, far from her hometown in Scotland. In the three years since she fled, following the disappearance of her mother, she has escaped her prison of drugs and crime, only to live in constant fear of being found by dark figures from her past.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe is unaware, however, that the predacious Oliver watches over her from the shadows. She belongs to him now, as he battles with his need to protect her—and the burning desire to take her soul.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eSavour\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"… a unique and unsettling perspective … The narrative development, driven by character rather than expected machinations of the plot, is a genuine pleasure... \u003ci\u003eSavour\u003c\/i\u003e contains enough information about the events of \u003ci\u003eNondescript Rambunctious\u003c\/i\u003e to stand on its own, but reading the first novel will bring greater depth to the experience and well prepare the reader for the final volume of the series, which can’t come soon enough. \" (\u003ci\u003eQuill\u0026amp;Quire\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Both novels explore sociopathic depravity and contemporary society's desensitization to violence.\" (\u003ci\u003eBC BookWorld\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePraise for Jackie’s previous novel \u003ci\u003eNondescript Rambunctious\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Vancouver’s Jackie Bateman draws on her Scottish roots for a bewitching first novel that transforms from gentle domestic comedy into gripping suspense.” (\u003ci\u003ePrairie Fire\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anvil Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131102970096,"sku":"9781772140224","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781772140224_p0.jpg?v=1763708510","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781772140224","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}