Title:- Hide and Seek
Author:- Andrea Mara
Date published:- August 4th 2022
No. of pages:- 337 pages
Genre:- Psychological Thriller
Rating:-
Plot:- 5/5
Writing:- 4/5
Overall rating:- 4.5/5
CLOSE YOUR EYES
The game of hide and seek is over, everyone has gone home, but little Lily Murphy hasn’t been found. Her parents search the woods and tell themselves that the worst hasn’t happened – but deep down they know this peaceful Dublin suburb will never be the same again.
COUNT TO TEN
Years later, Joanna moves into a new house. It seems perfect in every way, until she learns that this was once Lily Murphy’s home. From that moment onwards, a sense of dread seems to follow her from room to room.
AND WHEN YOU OPEN THEM, YOUR CHILD IS GONE
As Joanna unravels the secrets at the heart of this close-knit community, her own dark past begins to resurface. Because she thinks she knows what really happened to Lily – and if the truth gets out, it might be her undoing…
This is the first book I have read of Andrea Mara, and I have to say, I actually enjoyed reading this book!
The story starts in the year 2018 when Joanna Stedman moves to a new house in Dublin suburb. Joanna later on finds out that the house has indeed has a mystery–in 1985, a three-year-old girl named Lily Murphy disappeared mysteriously while playing Hide and Seek with her friends. Lily’s disappearance rocked the once peaceful town. Feeling slightly unease, Joanna starts to look into more information about Lily’s disappearance while at the same time, she couldn’t help but notice how Lily eerily look similar to another girl named Lila that Joanna killed accidentally long time ago…
I loved this book that I simply couldn’t put the book down! Though it started a little slow, nonetheless, when the timeline started to shift between 1985, leading to Lily’s ultimate disappearance and the present day which is 2018, then things got interesting. What made this book more interesting is the fact that as a reader, you have no idea how this book is going to end up. I like all those little twists and turns at the end of each chapter. Is Lily Murphy dead and if she is dead who killed her? Is there a connection between Lily and Joanna as Joanna thinks? The ending was really unexpected and I really liked the unexpected twist that was revealed in the end. I actually couldn’t put this book down as I really wanted to know what is going to happen next.
I was impressed with the book and so I cannot wait to read her next novel. Overall, I highly recommend this book and this book worth 4.5 stars.
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