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Lilly Valentine tries to help a damaged teenager
- but has she been horrifically abused or is she lying to save her own skin? Having recently split up from the father of her baby Lilly is not in a happy place matters being complicated further by the arrival of her ex-husband needing a sofa to crash out on having been thrown out by his girlfriend. In the midst of all this Lilly is asked by a child psychologist if she will help one of her patients: a girl currently sectioned having stolen a car while extremely drunk. While Lilly visits her she is introduced to Chloe another unstable teenager who slips Lilly a note saying: ' Help us'. & then Lilly's client is killed & Chloe accused of her murder. Her case is not helped by the fact that the words ' Help us' have been carved on the dead girl's stomach... Praise for Helen Black: The gritty urban sprawl of outer London is impressively evoked by Black who never stoops to judge those seduced by a culture of violence drugs & bling instead drawing lines between poverty neglect & addiction that reach far outside the confines of the homogenised estates these girls live die & hustle on. A very readable contemporary crime thriller with a leading lady surely destined for primetime." (" Pulse"). " Frightening depressing & knowledgeable." (" Country Life"). "A dark & gripping read that will have you on the edge of your seat." (" Closer magazine"). " Unexpected & moving..."A Place of Safety" is written with sympathy & humour". (" Euro Crime")."