Eve White: Literary Agent

You are here: Home

Illegal

Classification
Age Range	11+
Category	Fiction

Rights
World	MF
Film	Eve White

Publishers
UK (C'wealth)	Meadowside Fiction

Illegal

by Miriam Halahmy

Lindy has been tricked into working for a criminal. Can she get out with her life?

Cousin Colin is grooming fifteen year old Lindy to be his drugs courier. Terrified, she has begun to self harm. Her useless family are either in gaol or permanently drunk, and her traveller boyfriend has disappeared. Desperate to escape Colin’s clutches, she teams up with Karl who doesn’t speak. Uncertain whether he is deaf, dumb or a genius, she finds herself drawn to his silent world. No need to speak, Lindy decides, it damages the environment. Karl is full of surprises, riding around underage on a motorbike and breaking into a houseboat on the beach. But a sudden shock makes him speak again as Colin draws Lindy deeper and deeper into the criminal world. Lindy and Karl have only one chance to betray Colin to the police. If their plot is discovered, Colin will seek revenge through the terrifying Elf, who ties his victims to concrete blocks and dumps them out at sea.

To be published February 2012

Samples: 1

from ILLEGAL

Colin had taken her out in his open-top BMW, all the way to Southampton on the motorway. She stood up part of the time gripping the roof and feeling like the Queen as the wind streamed through her hair. They had lunch in a pub, steak and chips and half a lager. “You look old enough Linds,” Colin assured her as he brought over the drinks, and certainly no one challenged them. In one short hour her life completely changed. Colin had a bit of a job he wanted doing, he needed someone he could rely on and who better than family? “Let’s face it Linds, your mob, they’re either locked up, about to be locked up, or flat out worse than useless.” She raised her eyebrows and nodded, her mouth full of chips. “You’re the pick of the Bellows family, so….” Colin pointed his steak knife meaningfully towards her best pink top, “you’re the one I want.” It was the first time in her life anyone had said that.