Ten Days
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By Gillian Slovo
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It’s 4 a.m. and Cathy Mason is watching dawn break over the Lovelace estate. By the end of the day, her community will be a crime scene. By the end of the week, her city will be on fire.
In this gripping thriller, a death at police hands has repercussions far beyond one family plunged into grief . . . As violence erupts in the middle of a stifling heatwave, the dead man becomes a useful tactic (or an urgent threat) in political games at the highest level. So while lives are at risk in Cathy Mason’s estate, across London in Westminster, careers are being made, or ruined.
From a Home Secretary’s attempts to unseat a Prime Minister, to a new Met Police Commissioner fighting for his job, to families torn apart: in Ten Days, Orange Prize-shortlisted author Gillian Slovo shows what happens when politics, policing and the hard realities of living in London explosively collide.
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Despite being a fictional account, based as it is on a real riot, the book has a strong feeling of veritas. Of real people struggling with their own concerns as much as the issues at hand. Cathy is very relatable, but I liked the complexity given to all the characters. In the end the rioters themselves are the most shadowy and least snow, their impact and cause being more centre stage than they themselves. Well worth reading.
