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LONDON, 1961
Britain is entering the swinging sixties. The world is changing - but not for sixteen-year-old Violet. She's stuck in her mum and dad's fish and chip shop, where she can only dream of a more exciting life.
When she meets Beau, a dangerously sexy Rocker, Violet's life is suddenly much more interesting. But then her long-lost brother comes home, and local girls start going missing - and are found murdered.
Violet suspects she knows who the killer is. And when her best friend disappears too, she knows she must act. But can she trust herself, and the heart, to make the right decision and uncover the truth?
About the author
Alison grew up in Liverpool, and now lives in a medieval house in Somerset with her three children, her husband - a carpenter - an extremely naughty Jack Russell and a ghost cat. She has co-authored a number of non-fiction titles on subjects as diverse as growing old, mad monarchs, how to boil a flamingo, the history of America and the biography of a nineteenth-century baby killer. She has worked as a fashion designer, a production controller, a painter and decorator, a barmaid, and now owns and runs a travelling vintage tea room. Alison has also published three previous YA books about young Victorian women with Hot Key Books - The Quietness, The Beloved and The Madness. Follow Alison at www.alisonrattle.com or on Twitter: @alisonrattle
Summary
The world is changing - but not for sixteen-year-old Violet. She was born at the exact moment Winston Churchill announced Victory in Europe - an auspicious start, but now she's just stuck in her family's fish and chip shop dreaming of greatness. He's got a secret, and Violet's got a dreadful feeling it might be the worst kind of secret of all .
Foreword
V for Victory. V for Vanished. V for Vengeance. V for Violet.
Additional text
I did enjoy the sixties vibe, and the complete acceptance of a certain character's sexuality
