A Running Jump - Hardcover

Hammond, Gerald

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ISBN 10: 0727822330 ISBN 13: 9780727822338

Publisher: Severn House, 1999

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Polly Turnbull is fed up with her mother's succession of dubious lovers, and when the latest one shows more interest in the daughter than the mother, she decides enough is enough. But running away without money, prospects or a clear idea of what to do next, Polly soon finds herself in trouble. Fortuitously rescued by TV wrestler, Darryl Davidson, Polly helps him out in return by agreeing to work part-time as a cleaner at his gym, gaining confidence, friendship and a sense of purpose at the same time. Then events take a turn for the worse...

An elderly man is brutally murdered in a nearby fiat. Polly witnesses a shadowy figure in the gymnasium late at night. And in recovering stolen money from a local thug, she unwittingly takes the one piece of property several people have already killed for ... and will again.

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About the Author:

John Skelton was an ordained priest and rector. He was poet laureate at the University of Oxford and Cambridge University, a court poet for King Henry VII, and a tutor to King Henry VIII. Gerald Hammond is a professor of English at the University of Manchester. He is the author of Fleeting Things and The Making of the English Bible, and the editor of Selected Poems: Richard Lovelace.

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Polly flees home after one of her mother's male friends makes a pass at her, finds work in a television wrestler's gym, then unwittingly gains possession of a priceless vase for which several have killed. Clever writing, a unique plot, and a proven author (Bloodlines, St. Martin's, 1997).
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