Mark has to flee for his life, after he fires an air gun through the window of his father's shed, he's afraid he may have damaged something, but when peering through the broken window, he sees such a horrifying sight. Ruby, his older sister, has to handle the family's van and together with him and the baby sister set off on a frightening adventure across country, escaping the past and their violent father. In this electrifying road novel of family secrets, small-town scandals, murder and manslaughter, the author cleverly weaves raw suspense with exquisite prose. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes is a vivid and haunting tale of three kids on the run, because sometimes, all you can do, is run.
Sayer, Mandy. The night has thousand eyes : a novel, Pymble, N.S.W. : Fourth Estate, 2007.
- This novel was nominated for the Ned Kelly Awards for crime writing, Best Novel, 2008 and won the Davitt Award for best young fiction book on 2008.
Sayer, Mandy. The night has thousand eyes : a novel, Pymble, N.S.W. : Fourth Estate, 2007.
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