Eight Pieces of Silva

Eight Pieces of Silva is an addictive mystery that follows Becks, who is into girls, but didn’t come out because she was never in. She lives with her mum, stepdad and 18-year-old stepsister Silva. Becks and Silva are opposites but bond over their mutual obsession with K-pop.

When Becks’s mum and stepdad go on honeymoon to Japan Becks and Silva are left alone. Except Silva disappears. Becks ventures into forbidden territory — Silva’s room. There she finds the first of eight clues that help her discover her sister’s secret life. Meanwhile, Silva is on a journey to make someone love her. He says he doesn’t, but he’s just joking. All she has to do is persuade him otherwise.

Author bio

Patrice Lawrence was born in Brighton and brought up in an Italian-Trinidadian household in Mid Sussex. She lives in east London and shares a cat called Stormageddon. She loves crime fiction, sci-fi and trying to grow things. Her ideal mixtape includes drum 'n' bass, Bruce Springsteen and Studio Ghibli soundtracks. Music can't help creeping into her books. Her debut novel, Orangeboy, won the Waterstone's Book Prize for Older Readers and the YA Book Prize, and her second novel, Indigo Donut, won the Crime Fest Best Crime Fiction for Young Adults and was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize.