The shop is everything to him – always neat and tidy, safe and reliable, the rental DVDs carefully categorised, alphabetised and memorised. He thinks he knows his customers, until the bloodstains begin to appear – on grubby banknotes, on porn DVDs, and on the shop's fresh new carpet.

Then the girl comes into his life, green eyes and fresh scarlet slashed beneath her thin cotton blouse. He wants to rescue and protect her. He wants to be with her. Forever.

Murky and disturbing, 9987 is a jagged, tragic crime story set in a disturbing, uncaring world where only three things are constant: fantasy, loneliness and love.

'Gripping, cinematic, voyeuristic. A delightfully disturbing debut.' – Caroline Smailes (Black Boxes, In Search of Adam)

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About Nik Jones

Nik Jones is a teacher and occasional barman from Consett, County Durham. He attempted to live in Canada, but, having been asked politely to leave, he had little option but to attend Bath Spa University and study Creative Writing and Media Communications. It was here he started this, his first novel. He is currently working on his second novel, and plotting an escape to Peru.
Nik is part of New Writing North’s Read Regional campaign for 2009, and has recently been published by Tonto friends, Byker Books
9987 was also Book of the Month in The Crack magazine.

Website: www.nikjones.info

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