Loneliness of the Runner!

The Canal Runner's Code (Copperwhistle Bridge Mystery #1) by Jordan Peace         

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Someone is stealing information from a Runner’s Network in Thornwick. It’s subtle and the network and retired runners are facing a catastrophic loss of face, current employment  and any future enterprises. A runner never lasts beyond  seventeen. Running from an early age plays havoc with their knees.

Pim is into that time. She’s continuing, but knows her time is nearly up.

Pim’s been a loner forever. She started running nine years ago. Her mantra has been to trust no-one. In that aloneness she doesn’t see the people who care.

(I feel there’s a similar atmosphere in Tamora Pierce’s Beka Cooper series—although the stories are nothing like each other. Perhaps it’s the lonlieness or determination of the heroine).

When Pim’s information is stolen and she’s accused of untrustworthiness, Pim is alarmed. Pim knows the runners routes backwards and frontwards. She know which alleys are shortcuts and which aren’t. She has the city mapped out in her head.

Pim realises there’s a pattern to the theft of information. She watches, waits and then reports to her boss Vella. Someone is using Vella’s runner networks.

She connects with people, some she shouldn’t.

Along the way she discovers herself opening up to those around her—slowly.

A rather refreshing YA read, adventurous and hopeful!

A Victory ARC via NetGalley.                                              

Many thanks to the author and publisher.