This book was recognised in the Crime Fiction - YA category by the Ned Kelly Award for Australian Crime Writing.

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Hachette Australia .

Ian Bone trained and worked for many years as a television scriptwriter. In 1993 he left his TV career behind to try his hand at writing books. He has won many awards in Australia, and this is his first novel to be published in Britain. He lives in Adelaide.