A Running Jump

By Gerald Hammond

Polly Turnbull is fed up with her mother's succession of dubious lovers, and when the latest one shows more interest in the daughter than the mother, she decides enough is enough. But running away without money, prospects or a clear idea of what to do next, Polly soon finds herself in trouble. Fortuitously rescued by TV wrestler, Darryl Davidson, Polly helps him out in return by agreeing to work part-time as a cleaner at his gym, gaining confidence, friendship and a sense of purpose at the same time. Then events take a turn for the worse... An elderly man is brutally murdered in a nearby fiat. Polly witnesses a shadowy figure in the gymnasium late at night. And in recovering stolen money from a local thug, she unwittingly takes the one piece of property several people have already killed for ... and will again.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0727822330
• ISBN13: 9780727822338
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Severn House
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

This novel hits the ground running

Hammond writes interesting novels with sensational lead characters, usually female, and Polly Turnbull from this book is the best yet. Polly is a 17 year old girl who has a mother who goes through men like most do glasses of water. The latest is more interested in Polly than her mother so Polly has had enough of this sort of life and runs away.On her journey four men attempt to rape her but she is saved by wrestler Darryl Davidson. He offers her a room to rent and work in his gym while she works out what she wants to do with her life. An old man who is the ex school teacher of Darryl and most of the clients at the gym is brutally murdered for an expensive vase. Polly thinks she knows who did it. Unbeknownst to her she is also in possession of something that the killer wants.This is a sensational action packed thriller which you can not put down. Hammond's best by far.