Dogknife

A coming-of-age crime novel set in Nottingham.
Gizmo is seventeen, street-wise, and already out of chances.

Kicked out of home and dumped in a Nottingham hostel for troubled teenagers, she learns fast that survival comes before rules. Alongside Boo-Boo Girl and the volatile Val, Gizmo drifts into a world of drugs, alcohol, and the Forest Road red-light district - chasing freedom, money, and a sense of control in a city that offers none.

When Boo Boo Girl is brutally attacked and the justice system turns its back on her, something in Gizmo snaps. Armed with nothing but her Dogknife and a fierce, unshakable sense of right and wrong, she sets out on a path of revenge that drags her from the streets into young offenders' institutions and the relentless machinery of violence.

Told entirely in Gizmo's raw, slang-heavy voice, Dogknife is a gritty, unflinching coming-of-age crime novel set in late-90s Nottingham - a city on the brink, where loyalty is survival, justice is fragile, and growing up can cost you everything.

Welcome to Nottingham. This is Dogknife.