Synopsis:
A bone-chilling psychological thriller that
will suit fans of Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, Daughter by Jane Shemilt, and The Girl on the Train by
Paula Hawkins.
A girl is missing. Five years old, taken from outside her school. She has vanished, traceless. The police are at a loss; her parents are beyond grief. Their daughter is lost forever, perhaps dead, perhaps enslaved. But the biggest mystery is yet to come: one week after she was abducted, their daughter is returned. She has no memory of where she has been. And this, for her mother, is just the beginning of the nightmare.
My
review:
Once
in a while I still like to get to my printed books. I have over three hundred
at home and there are some real crackers amongst them. This was most certainly
one of them. I bought this book because I liked the cover - impulse buy, some
might call it, but I also read the blurb and thought it sounded good. My son is
five so it felt quite close to home.
It’s
fabulous. It reminds me of Little House by Philippa Gregory - the overbearing
mother-in-law, the mummy’s boy husband, the strange goings on.
The
novel is written in two ways with some short chapters written in first person
that is kind of supporting the perpetrator and eggs him on. The rest is written
in third person and it seems to work very well as you get know a lot about the
main characters Julia and her husband Bryan and of course the strained dynamic
of their relationship, but you are also somehow allowed a first seat row in the
mind of the kidnapper.
It’s
clever, with good little twists. I kind of guessed what was going on about
third of the way through, however I still enjoyed the book till its last page.
And I had to finish the last 100 pages in one sitting meaning much less sleep
last night. But it was worth it.
If
you like clever psychological thrillers than this is for you. I can highly
recommend this book and it will be one to stay with me.
My rating: 5/5
Author’s Twitter: @Alexlakeauthor
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