Title:- My Darling Boy
Author:- Helen Cooper
Date published:- will be published on 13th June
No. of pages:- 336 pages
Genre:- Psychological Thriller
Rating:-
Plot:- 4/5
Writing:- 4/5
Overall rating:- 4/5
The perfect night. I had been so excited for our big New Year’s Eve party. Hosting with my best friend Alice and our two beautiful boys – my Leo and her Robbie, who had grown up together like brothers. A shocking death. But then I heard the terrible crash. I remember the flashing lights of the ambulance and how everyone then turned on Leo. Saying that Robbie was dead because of my son. Who is to blame?The boys had argued, but Leo still won’t tell me why. I know he’s keeping a secret from me. I need to find out the truth, need to clear the name of my darling boy before something terrible happens to him, too. But I also need to make sure no one finds out the truth about me…
Praise for Helen ‘An absolute must-read for all thriller I LOVED it!’ Sarah Bonner‘Will have you salivating for more’ Mira V Shah‘Unrelenting tension’ KL Slater‘Smart writing . . . so clever, so engaging’ L.V. Matthews‘Gripping, teasing, intricately plotted’ Cath Weeks
Alice and Chrissy were best friends. In 2021, on the night of their New Year Eve party, Chrissy’s son Leo pushes Alice’s son Robbie resulting in Robbie’s death. The two friends’ relationship then fall apart after the incident and Leo was sent to prison. Now few years later, Leo is being released from the prison. Alice sends an email to Chrissy, asking Chrissy not to send her son Leo to the pub and that it would be better if both mother and son leave the village. Chrissy ignores the threats that she is receiving from the villagers. As she goes to the prison to pick Leo up, she was surprised to learn that Leo has already left the prison. Chrissy gets worried when she receives a call that Leo has failed to show up at the parole officer. Eventually she finds out that Leo has been abducted. Who is responsible?
The book is divided into many POV’S–Alice’s Chrissy’s a woman named Georgie where in the end you will find her connection to the main protagonist, Leo. You can feel both the women’s emotional trauma going through as mother–Alice for losing her son and Chrissy because her son went to prison. The book is well written and there are some twists and turns in the story which made the story a little bit more interesting. Not to mention Leo’s meeting with a prisoner named Frank. The ending was unexpected and twisted and it was actually good. Though this in my opinion wasn’t her best, still I enjoyed this thriller. Worth four stars.
Many thanks to Netgalley and Hodder for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.
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