Description
**THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER DEAR AMY **
No-one is who you think they are
Sophia's parents lead quiet, unremarkable lives. At least that is what she's always believed.
Everyone has secrets
Until the day she arrives at her childhood home to find a house ringing with silence. Her mother is hanging from a tree. Her father is lying in a pool of his own blood, near to death.
Especially those closest to you
The police are convinced it is an attempted murder-suicide. But Sophia is sure that the woman who brought her up isn't a killer. As her father is too ill to talk it is up to Sophia to clear her mother's name.
And to do this she needs to delve deep into her family's past - a past full of dark secrets she never suspected were there . . .
What if your parents had been lying to you since the day you were born?
Review
I enjoyed the previous book by Helen "Dear Amy" so I was keen to read this one and I enjoyed it every bit as much as her last book.
The title is certainly true! When you read "what if your parents had been lying to you since the day you were born" you may think you could second guess what will happen in the book - but believe me you won't.
The book begins with Sophia and the background of her working and living in London, not wanting to return to her Suffolk roots, despite her Mother being very needy. Sophia is then informed that her parents have been involved in an incident. Her mother has committed suicide but not before attacking her father who was left for dead.
The book then begins a flip flop to the past of the mother. What follows is very unnerving reading.
With flips back to present day the plot became like an MI5 novel with Sophia being followed and a knife attack of her own.
Towards the end of the book I found the events very chilling and was inwardly screaming at Sophia not to follow a request she receives. Such an usual subject for a book - I will not spoil it by going into any details.
Although I thought I had guessed some of what was going to be found out, the very final twist I never saw coming. There are a few loose ends in the book - I wonder if a follow on book is planned?
I'm giving this book 5 out of 5 stars and my thanks to Netgalley for a ARC to review.
Comments
Post a Comment
Those leaving a comment on any post on this blog do so in the knowledge that their name and blog link are visible to all who visit this blog and by providing their comment they have published their own personal details on this blog and also consented to our use of that personal information for that specific purpose.