The Pact

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Allen And Unwin
Publisher Place: Crows Nest, Sydney
Publisher Year: 2006
Edition: Reprint

Description: 451 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. Chis And Emily Have Grown Up Together And Become More Involved On Reaching High School. Then At Seventeen Emily Is Shot In The Head, And Chris Finds Himself In The Courtroom!

Publishers Description: For eighteen years the Harte's and the Gold's have lived next door to each other, sharing everything from Chinese food to chicken pox to carpool duty - they've grown so close it seems they have always been a part of each other's lives. Parents and children alike have been best friends, so it's no surprise that in high school Chris and Emily's friendship blossoms into something more. After all, they've been soul mates since they were born. So when midnight calls from the hospital come in, no one is prepared. Emily is dead at seventeen from a gunshot wound to the head, inflicted by Chris as part of an apparent suicide pact. He tells police the next bullet was meant for himself. A local detective has her doubts. And the Harte's and Gold's must face every parent's worst nightmare and question. do we ever really know our children at all?

ISBN: 9781741751994