The Rebirth of Henry Whittle

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A HIT MAN AND A SCHOOLGIRL. WHO BREAKS FIRST?Phoenix has been knocked around ever since her parents died. She’s not the awesome, vivacious kid who started secondary school. She’s the girl everyone dumps on, the girl with a target on her back. At school her days are spent looking over her shoulder, grinding her teeth in anxiety. It’s not a scuffle she’s afraid of, or the odd bruise, it’s the accidental push down the stairs.On the edge of eighteen, Phoenix's time in care has elapsed and she faces homelessness. But hope comes in the form of an estranged uncle, Henry Whittle, who invites her to move in. But that was the old Henry. The dead Henry. Killed by a merciless hit man who assumes Henry Whittle’s identity.When Phoenix moves in a cat and mouse game ensues. As Phoenix struggles to form a relationship with this soulless stranger, and Henry grapples with unicorn slippers in his wash, a string of local murders leaves Phoenix living in fear. But is Henry the vigilante keeping her safe? And is her heart racing in fear or something else?