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When I disappear – ARC Book Review

Title:- When I disappear

Author:- Amanda McKinney

Date published:- will be published on 24th 2025

No. of pages:- 314 pages

Genre:- Psychological Thriller

Rating:-

Plot:- 4/5 Writing:- 4/5

Overall rating:- 4/5

He spent twenty years in prison. She spent twenty years living a lie.

At 2:00 a.m. Sylvia Stone awakens to a letter on her doorstep suggesting the handsome carpenter, Rhett Cohen, who was convicted of murdering her mother twenty years earlier, is innocent. The anonymous letters continue, each one revealing details only the true killer would know, making Sylvia question her testimony years ago.

But as Rhett is released from prison, the fourth and final letter arrives with one chilling You’re next.
Then Sylvia disappears.

You may think you know how this story ends. Think again.

Cancel your plans and prepare for a sleepless night – this is one twisty ‘I did not see that coming’ psychological thriller you won’t want to put down. Fans of Freida McFadden, Gone Girl and The Perfect Marriage will love When I Disappear.

Previously published as The Stone Secret, an Independent Publisher Book Awards Gold Medal Winner – 2024. This version includes updated plot and new content.

Twenty Years ago, Sylvia’s mother was brutally murdered in what looked like an attempted burglary. The man who is working around her mother’s house, Rhett was found guilty and was sentenced to prison. But twenty years later, he was released on parole and he was determined to clear his name. Meanwhile, Sylvia is receiving threatening messages from someone with only simply words. When Rhett is released from prison, Sylvia disappears after receiving the fourth letter.

This was a fast paced thriller and a page turning one. The story is told in the POVs of Sylvie and Rhett so we can get alternating views of the two main protagonists. There were twists and turns along the way and the writing was well done as the author knows how to draw the reader into the story. The ending, the most unexpected twist at the end was what I enjoyed the most. It was completely unexpected. This is the first book I have read from this author, and I highly recommend this book. Worth four stars.

Many thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion.

Amanda McKinney is the bestselling and multi-award-winning author of more than fifteen romantic suspense and mystery novels. Her latest book, Rattlesnake Road, was named one of POPSUGAR’s 12 Best Romance Books to Have a Spring Fling With, and was featured on the Today Show. The fifth book in her Steele Shadows series, Jagger (Steele Shadows Investigations), was recently nominated for the prestigious Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense.

Amanda wrote her debut novel, LETHAL LEGACY in 2017, after walking away from her career to become a writer and stay-at-home mom. Her books include the bestselling series, STEELE SHADOWS SECURITY, the multi-award-winning BERRY SPRINGS series, BLACK ROSE MYSTERIES, and many more to come.

Set in small, Southern towns, Amanda’s books are page-turning murder mysteries peppered with steamy romance She lives in Arkansas with her handsome husband, two beautiful boys, and three obnoxious dogs.

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The Train That Took you Away – Blog Tour Review

Title:- The Train That Took You Away

Author:- Catherine Hokin

Date published:- 20th January 2025

No. of pages:- 388 pages

Genre:- Historical Fiction

Rating:-

Plot:- 5/5 Writing:- 5/5

Overall rating:- 5/5

Berlin, 1938. I wipe the tears streaming down my darling son’s face, my heart shattering into a million pieces. “I promise I will find you, my love. No matter what…”

Ever since the Nazis came to power, violence has spread through the city Esther Spielmann once called home. Each night she prays her family will be spared. But when her husband and father are murdered alongside fellow Jews during Kristallnacht, she has no choice but to send her beloved son, Sascha, to safety.

Esther’s heart breaks as she watches his thin legs trembling in the cold as he is ushered with the other crying children towards the Kindertransport. As the train leaves in a cloud of smoke, she thinks of the painting of the two of them hanging in their house. In it, they are tightly embracing and laughing, everything just as it should be. She vows that she will hold him like this once again. But has Esther made a promise she can’t possibly keep?

This is an emotional, and heartbreaking historical fiction

It’s 1938 in Berlin and Berlin is under Nazi rule. Esther sends her son Sascha on a train to England, where he is being kept safe from the Nazi horros while Esther suffers in silence in the concentration camps. There is also the story of the English woman as well. The story is told in the POVs of the boy Sascha, Esther and Amalia, each detailing about their lives during the WWII, aftermath of WWII and of course before WWII. The stories feel very realistic as well and is also emotional to read as well, particularly Esther’s part. The author has written the story well and knows how to capture the audience with the story. The story talks about courage, strength, willingness to survive and bravery.

Overall this book is worth five stars.

Many thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.

Author Bio:

I seem to have followed a rather meandering career, including marketing and teaching and politics (don’t try and join the dots), to get where I have always wanted to be, which is writing historical fiction. I am a story lover as well as a story writer and nothing fascinates me more than a strong female protagonist and a quest. Hopefully those are what you will encounter when you pick up my books.

I am from the North of England but now live very happily in Glasgow with my American husband. Both my children have left home (one to London and one to Berlin) which may explain why I am finally writing. If I’m not at my desk you’ll most probably find me in the cinema, or just follow the sound of very loud music.

I’d love to hear from you and there are lots of ways you can find me, so jump in via my website https://www.catherinehokin.com/ or on my Cat Hokin FB page or on twitter @catherineh66267.

Buy Link:

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The Boyfriend – Book Review

Title:- The Boyfriend

Author:- Freida McFadden

Date published:- October 1st 2024

No. of pages:- 368 pages

Genre:- Psychological Thriller

Setting:- New York

Rating:-

Plot:- 4/5 Writing:- 4/5

Overall rating:- 4/5

She’s looking for the perfect man. He’s looking for the perfect victim.

Sydney Shaw, like every single woman in New York, has terrible luck with dating. She’s seen it men who lie in their dating profile, men who stick her with the dinner bill, and worst of all, men who can’t shut up about their mothers. But finally, she hits the jackpot.

Her new boyfriend is utterly perfect. He’s charming, handsome, and works as a doctor at a local hospital. Sydney is swept off her feet.

Then the brutal murder of a young woman―the latest in a string of deaths across the coast―confounds police. The primary suspect? A mystery man who dates his victims before he kills them.

Sydney should feel safe. After all, she is dating the guy of her dreams. But she can’t shake her own suspicions that the perfect man may not be as perfect as he seems. Because someone is watching her every move, and if she doesn’t get to the truth, she’ll be the killer’s next victim…

A dark story about obsession and the things we’ll do for love, #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden proves that crimes of passion are often the bloodiest…

Sydney Shaw wasn’t really lucky in love–but soon she finds her perfect man–a doctor by the name Thomas Brewer. Few months before, Sydney’s friend, Bonnie was brutally murdered and Sydney’s ex-boyfriend Jake, who is a lead detective investigating Bonnie’s murder confides to Sydney that it was the work of serial killer. While Sydney is dating her dream man, she couldn’t help feel that there is a dark secret that her new boyfriend seems to be hiding…

This wasn’t the best of Freida’s books but it was good. The story as usual was fast paced, packed with twists and turns along the way. The story is entirely told in Sydney’s POV with Tom’s POV detailing out his childhood and high school sweetheart named Daisy. I like the fact that you keep guessing until the end of the story and the unexpected twist at the end. I always loved reading Freida McFadden’s books and this was also well written.

Overall this was a great thriller and worth four stars.

What Happened to Nina? – Book Review

Title:- What Happened to Nina?

Author:- Dervla McTiernan

Date published:- March 5th 2024

No. of pages:- 328 pages

Genre:- Thriller/Mystery

Setting:- Vermont

Rating:-

Plot:- 4/5 Writing:- 4/5

Overall rating:- 4/5

Nina and Simon are the perfect couple. Young, fun and deeply in love. Until they leave for a weekend at his family’s cabin in Vermont, and only Simon comes home.

WHAT HAPPENED TO NINA?

Nobody knows. Simon’s explanation about what happened in their last hours together doesn’t add up. Nina’s parents push the police for answers, and Simon’s parents rush to protect him. They hire expensive lawyers and a PR firm that quickly ramps up a vicious, nothing-is-off-limits media campaign.

HOW FAR WILL HIS FAMILY GO TO KEEP HIM SAFE?

Soon, facts are lost in a swirl of accusation and counter-accusation. Everyone chooses a side, and the story goes viral, fueled by armchair investigators and wild conspiracy theories and illustrated with pretty pictures taken from Nina’s social media accounts. Journalists descend on their small Vermont town, followed by a few obsessive “fans.”

HOW FAR WILL HER FAMILY GO TO GET TO THE TRUTH?

Nina’s family is under siege, but they never lose sight of the only thing that really matters—finding their daughter. Out-gunned by Simon’s wealthy, powerful family, Nina’s parents recognize that if playing by the rules won’t get them anywhere, it’s time to break them.

What happened to Nina? is loosely based on the real case of the disappearance of Gabby Petito although the characters and events happening in the book are fictional.

Nina and Simon are perfect couple in everyone’s eyes. One day, Nina and Simon goes to Simon’s family’s vacation house for hiking for a couple days. But soon, only Simon returns home with a story that Nina was going to arrive by herself. But Nina never comes back home and her parents, Leanne and Andy are worried and soon start searching for Nina and the truth of what really happened the night Nina seemingly disappeared.

This was an intense and emotional read. The story is told in the POVs of Leanne and Andy, Nina’s parents, Jamie and Rudy, Simon’s parents and Matthew, who is the lead detective set to investigate Nina’s disappearance. Leanne and Andy are going through all sorts of emotions, dealing with Nina’s disappearance and suspecting that Simon might be behind Nina’s disappearance. While Jamie and Rudy, with their money and status start hiring PR firms and expensive lawyers to make sure that Simon is safe. The story also outlines about the community in general–how the community sometimes ostracizes Leanne and Andy, how vicious rumors are spread about Nina’s family. The story is more realistic and how a parents deals with their child’s disappearance, through pain and trauma.

This is not really a thriller–it is really more like a literay emotional fiction. Overall, I actually enjoyed reading this and worth four stars.

Award-winning, number one bestseller Dervla McTiernan has established herself as one of the biggest names in crime fiction. Her books have garnered critical acclaim around the world and sold over 400,000 copies in Australia and New Zealand alone.

In 2022, McTiernan returns with her first ever standalone thriller, The Murder Rule. Inspired by the true story of a young law student who worked at the Innocence Project and eventually uncovered evidence which exonerated a man who had been in prison for 26 years, McTiernan has created an unforgettable, twisty thriller – the must-read novel of the year.

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The Paris Chapter – ARC Book Review

Title:- Paris Chapter

Author:- Victoria Walters

Date published:- will be published on 19th JANUARY 2025

No. of pages:- 298 pages

Genre:- Romance

Setting:- Paris, London

Rating:-

Plot:- 4/5 Writing:- 4/5

Overall rating:- 4/5

The sexy new rom com from bestselling author Victoria Walters, perfect for fans of Emily in Paris! Can the city of love mend a broken heart?

Romance author Tessa Elliot has writer’s block, and worse – she isn’t sure she still believes in love. To heal her broken heart, she decides to go on the romantic break in Paris she’d booked before her world fell apart.

But when she arrives at the Airbnb, Tessa is stunned to find someone is already there. Her ex’s best friend Ethan has made himself at home, being told that the place would be empty.

As it’s Paris Fashion Week, and with no other options, they agree to share the apartment. Neither will be in the place much after all, with Ethan taking a cookery course and Tessa on a hard deadline to finish her novel.

But sharing close nights in a one bed apartment, there’s an undeniable pull towards one another.

Will Tessa be able open her heart, and her laptop, ever again?

A gorgeous romance set in the city of love, perfect for fans of Emily Henry and Christina Lauren

This was a cute romance novel set in none other than the most romantic places on earth–Paris

Tessa is feeling down when her boyfriend Joe cheated behind her back. She is having writer’s block and moves to Paris to spend at the Airbnb where she has initially booked to spend with her then boyfriend. But when she arrives, to her dismay and surprise, Joe’s friend Ethan was there. Now Tessa needs to share with Ethan as Ethan has no other places to go as most of the hotels were booked. As they live together, they realize that they are slowly falling in love with each other and Tessa starts writing her next novel set in Paris.

This was a cute novel–the story is set in Paris and the descriptions of the places around Paris makes you feel like you are in the part of the novel. I do like the sizzling chemistry between Tessa and Ethan and I also liked the way their romance slowly developed while living in the shared bnb. I haven’t read books from this author before and I actually enjoyed reading this novel. There are spicy scenes in the book as well. Overall, this was a great romance read and is worth four stars.

Many thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.

Victoria Walters is a full-time author living in Surrey. Victoria writes the bestselling women’s fiction series GLENDALE HALL, which has won wide reader acclaim. She has been chosen for WHSmith Fresh Talent and shortlisted for two RNA awards. Victoria was also picked as an Amazon Rising Star. Her first cosy crime novel MURDER AT THE HOUSE ON THE HILL will be published in 2021.

Find out more about Victoria by following on Instagram at @vickyjwalters, on Twitter at @Vicky_Walters or by visiting her blog at: http://victoria-writes.com/. She is also on YouTube as Victoria Walters.

A Dangerous Game- ARC Book Review

Title:- :-A Dangerous Game

Author:- Mandy Robotham

Date published:- will be published on 16th January 2025

No. of pages:- 384 pages

Genre:- Historical Fiction

Location:- London, England

Rating:-

Plot:- 4/5 Writing:- 4/5

Overall rating:- 4/5

nternational bestselling author Mandy Robotham returns with a brand new tale set in 1950s London.

London, 1952. Seven years after the chaotic aftermath of World War II, London has is coming alive again, with jazz clubs and flickering cinema awnings lighting up the night sky.

But for widowed Helen ‘Dexie’ Dexter, she’s still a woman in a man’s world. She longs to prove herself as an officer in the London Metropolitan Police, yet she’s stuck intervening in domestics and making tea for her male colleagues.

Then Harri Schroder arrives, seconded from Hamburg to the Met. Haunted by the loss of his wife and child, Harri is unlike any man Dexie has ever known. Compassionate and sharp-witted, he sees her not as a threat, but as an intelligent, canny officer full of potential.

And when Harri is tasked with hunting down a Nazi war criminal-turned-respected-businessman, with connections to the upper echelons of British society, it’s Dexie he turns to for help.

But as their bond deepens, a deadly fog engulfs London. Dexie and Harri must expose the fugitive before he vanishes, risking everything for justice – and each other…

The new gripping and heart-wrenching historical fiction novel from international bestseller Mandy Robotham. Perfect for fans of Kate Quinn and Kristin Hannah

It’s 1952, just seven years after the war ended. Nuremberg Trails have put most of the Nazi war criminals behind the bars but Inspector Harri from Hamburg police have been called to find a Nazi war criminal and the war criminal was someone that Harri used to know–someone that he used to be trained at police cadet with. Together with a British officer, Dexie, Harrie and Dexie must find this person before he would flee again.

This was an interesting historical fiction read. I actually enjoyed reading it and learned so much tits and bits about what life was like after the war. The story is also well written and realistic and the author must have done research on this topic before writing the story. Overall, I actually enjoyed reading this historical fiction. This also could be read as a thriller since there is some mystery is also involved in the story. Overall, this story is worth four stars.

The Love of My After-life – Book Review

Title:- The Love of My After Life

Author:- Kirsty Greenwood

Date published:- July 2nd 2024

No. of pages:- 369 pages

Genre:- Romance

Location:- London England

Rating:-

Plot:- 5/5 Writing:- 5/5

Overall rating:- 5/5

A recently deceased woman meets “the one” in the afterlife waiting room, scoring a second chance at life (and love!) if she can find him on Earth before ten days are up….

If she wasn’t dead already, Delphie would be dying of embarrassment. Not only did she just die by choking on a microwaveable burger, she’s also now standing in her “sparkle and shine” nightie in front of the hottest man she’s ever seen. And he’s smiling at her.

As they start to chat, everything else becomes background noise. That is, until someone comes running through a door yelling something about a huge mistake and sends the dreamy stranger back down to Earth. And here Delphie was thinking her luck might be different in the afterlife.

When Delphie is offered a deal in which she can return to Earth and reconnect with the mysterious man, she jumps at the opportunity to find her possible soulmate and a fresh start. But to find him in a city of millions, Delphie is going to have to listen to her heart, learn to ask for help, and perhaps even see the magic in the life she’s leaving behind. . . .

This was such a cute romance read! I read this book in less than 48 hours!

Delphie chokes on her microwave burger and ends up in the afterlife waiting room. She meets a hottest man she had ever seen in the waiting room but he was sent back to the earth. Delphie wants to go back to the earth as she felt connection with him but Merrit her afterlife therapist gives her a condition–she must find this man within ten days and kiss him otherwise she will be sent back to Evermore–the name of the afterlife place. Delphie returns back to the earth and must find Jonah before it’s too late.

This was a fun read and quiet unputdownable and an unusual story filled with humor and laughter. This was also quick paced too and there were some parts in the story that will make you laugh out loud. The story is also original and unusual in its own way. The main character Delphie is a favorable character and kind of relatable to me as a reader. I do like the way Delphie was determined to fulfill her quest while on earth and many obstacles she faced. I like how slowly she and her neighbor Cooper with whom she didn’t get along relationship eventually developed. In the past, we saw Delphie as a reclusive and a bit of loner but when she returned back to earth, she started making new friends–her character grew and changed over the period of this book.

Overall, I actually enjoyed reading the book and give a full five star review!

Kirsty Greenwood is a top ten bestselling author of funny, fearless and fast-paced romantic comedies about extraordinary love.

When she’s not writing books she composes musicals, cooks new recipes with varying success, walks the blustery hills where she lives, buys too much glittery eyeshadow, sings to her dog, kisses her husband and reads all of the books she can get her grabby hands on.

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The Only Survivors- Book Review

Title:- The Only Survivors

Author:- Megan Miranda

Date published:- April 11th 2023

No. of pages:- 339 pages

Genre:- Psychological Thriller

Location:- Outerbanks

Rating:-

Plot:- 4/5 Writing:- 3/5

Overall rating:- 3.5/5

A decade ago, two vans filled with high school seniors on a school service trip crashed into a Tennessee ravine—a tragedy that claimed the lives of multiple classmates and teachers. The nine students who managed to escape the river that night were irrevocably changed. A year later, after one of the survivors dies by suicide on the anniversary of the crash, the rest of them make a pact: to come together each year to commemorate that terrible night.

To keep one another safe.
To hold one another accountable.
Or both.

Their annual meeting place, a house on the Outer Banks, has long been a refuge. But by the tenth anniversary, Cassidy Bent has worked to distance herself from the tragedy and from the other survivors. She’s changed her mobile number. She’s blocked the others’ email addresses. This year, she is determined to finally break ties once and for all. But on the day of the reunion, she receives a text with an obituary attached: another survivor is gone. Now they are seven—and Cassidy finds herself hurling back toward the group, wild with grief—and suspicion.

Almost immediately, something feels off this year. Cassidy is the first to notice when Amaya, the annual organizer, slips away, overwhelmed. This wouldn’t raise alarm except for the impending storm. Suddenly, they’re facing the threat of closed roads and surging waters…again. Then Amaya stops responding to her phone. After all they’ve been through, she wouldn’t willfully make them worry. Would she?

And—as they promised long ago—each survivor will do whatever he or she can do to save one another. Won’t they?

The story follows a woman named Cassidy. Every year, Cassidy and her high school classmates get together in Outerbank and live in the house called The Shallows–when they were seniors in high school, an accident took away most of their classmates except Cassidy and six more students. Now they get together to remember those victims every year. However, Cassidy didn’t want to get together anymore. But she receives a message from someone in the group, saying that one of her closest friends and survivors, Ian was dead. Cassidy has no choice but to join her friends at the Shallows. But as she goes there, she realizes that everyone seem to be hiding a secret, and even Cassidy seem to be hiding secrets as well.

This was a slow burn thriller. Now really fast-paced and not much of twists and turns you would expect in a psychological thriller. Cassidy tells the whole story while there are snippets on the day of the accident as to what really happened. However, the ending got really interesting and the ending was actually unexpected. This is the second book I have read from this author and I would give this book 3.5 stars as a whole.

Megan Miranda is the New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls; The Perfect Stranger; The Last House Guest, which was a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick; The Girl from Widow Hills; Such a Quiet Place; The Last to Vanish; The Only Survivors; and Daughter of Mine. She has also written several books for young adults. She grew up in New Jersey, graduated from MIT, and lives in North Carolina with her husband and two children.

Her next thriller, You Belong Here, will be published on July 29, 2025.

Follow @MeganLMiranda on Instagram, @AuthorMeganMiranda on Facebook, or visit www.meganmiranda.com

How To Solve Your Own Murder – Book Review

Title:- How to Solve Your Own Murder

Author:- Kristen Perrin

Date published:- March 26th 2024

No. of pages:- 358 pages

Genre:- Cozy Mystery/Thriller

Location:- England

Rating:-

Plot:- 4/5 Writing:- 4/5

Overall rating;- 4.25/5

For fans of Knives Out and The Thursday Murder Club, an enormously fun mystery about a woman who spends her entire life trying to prevent her foretold murder only to be proven right sixty years later, when she is found dead in her sprawling country estate…. Now it’s up to her great-niece to catch the killer.

It’s 1965 and teenage Frances Adams is at an English country fair with her two best friends. But Frances’s night takes a hairpin turn when a fortune-teller makes a bone-chilling prediction: One day, Frances will be murdered. Frances spends a lifetime trying to solve a crime that hasn’t happened yet, compiling dirt on every person who crosses her path in an effort to prevent her own demise. For decades, no one takes Frances seriously, until nearly sixty years later, when Frances is found murdered, like she always said she would be.

In the present day, Annie Adams has been summoned to a meeting at the sprawling country estate of her wealthy and reclusive great-aunt Frances. But by the time Annie arrives in the quaint English village of Castle Knoll, Frances is already dead. Annie is determined to catch the killer, but thanks to Frances’s lifelong habit of digging up secrets and lies, it seems every endearing and eccentric villager might just have a motive for her murder. Can Annie safely unravel the dark mystery at the heart of Castle Knoll, or will dredging up the past throw her into the path of a killer?

As Annie gets closer to the truth, and closer to the danger, she starts to fear she might inherit her aunt’s fate instead of her fortune.

In 1965, while attending a festival with her closest friends, Frances goes to a fortune teller who tells her that someday, Frances will get murdered. Frances becomes obsessed with the fortune, doing research as who would be responsible for her own demise. Then on present day, the fortune came true when Frances was found dead in her own house. Now her grand niece- Annie, who came all the way to London at Frances’ invitation to read the will must solve her aunt’s murder–and that includes risking her own life.

This was a very interesting premise. The story is told in Annie’s POV with some excerpts from France’s diary written in 1966. The story was fast paced with a hint of humor in it, in which some parts make the reader laugh a little. The descriptions of lush landscapes, the manor and the small town makes the reader really feel like they are actually living in the English countryside. The ending wasn’t really expected but of course there were so many suspects in the book and one of them could be responsible for Frances’ murder. Overall, I actually enjoyed reading this book and cannot wait for the second book of the series.

Kristen Perrin is originally from Seattle, Washington, where she spent several years working as a bookseller before immigrating to the UK to do a Masters and PhD. She’s passionate about books and loves working on projects that have a mystery at their heart. She lives with her family in Surrey, where she can be found poking around vintage bookstores, stomping in the mud with her two kids, and collecting too many plants.

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Family Doctor – ARC Book Review

Title:- Family Doctor

Author:- J.M Dalgliesh

Date published:- will be published on 2nd January 2025

No. of pages:- 311 pages

Genre:- Psychological Thriller

Rating:-

Plot;- 4/5

Writing:- 4/5

Overall rating:- 4/5

I have three days to kill a patient. If I fail, my daughter will die…

As the only doctor on a stunning remote Scottish island, I finally feel safe and happy. Here, nobody knows about my troubled past except my teenage daughter Lauren. I’m a single mother, so it’s just the two of us now, and Lauren is my world.

Caring for every person on the island, from birth to death, I know all their fears and secrets. But they don’t know mine, and for the sake of my daughter, I must keep it that way…

Everything is going perfectly until I am sent a link to a live video stream of my beautiful daughter Lauren, her wide blue eyes terrified. And there’s a

‘Three rules. Three days.
You must murder one of your patients.
You must not tell another soul.
You must not get caught.
If you fail, your daughter dies…’

A jaw-dropping psychological thriller from multi-million copy bestseller J M Dalgliesh. This utterly addictive, pulse-pounding read is packed with twists you’ll never forget.

Dr. Kelly is the only doctor in the remote Scottish island. One day, her daughter Lauren gets kidnapped. In order to ger her daughter back, Kelly must follow the orders of the abductor. And one of the orders is to kill a patient. Kelly is in a dilemma–she cannot violate her ethics but at the same time, she would do anything to save her daughter. She only has more three days to complete her mission, otherwise she will lose her daughter forever.

This was a fast paced thriller, completely told in Kelly’s POV. The story shifts between past and present–past tells of an event that happened that killed a girl in Kelly’s house. This was a gripping thriller that will also make the reader feel like they are at the edge of their seat. Will Kelly kill a patient or not? Is she able to save her daughter on time? Reading this book will feel like you are watching an action packed thriller movie! I like the writing and I also liked the ending as well. This was an unputdownable and a page turning thriller filled with some twists and turns that will keep you up all night. Worth four stars.

Many thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.

Jason Dalgliesh was born on the south coast of England and grew up in Hampshire, UK. He has worked in the power transmission industry, the retail sector, call centres and as a night-owl in a bakery. His greatest challenge of all is ongoing, as a stay at home parent.

He is presently writing the Dark Yorkshire crime-series, featuring DI Nathaniel Caslin.

The novels are set in Yorkshire, England. The medieval City of York is Caslin’s home town and the plot lines take in some of the UK’s most rugged and beautiful landscapes, from the windswept North Sea coastline and across the stunning North York Moors.

Penned in the style of the Crime Noir genre, Caslin is a deep character, as flawed as he is brilliant, battling his own demons as much as those he is pitted against. Readers who enjoy gritty, atmospheric thrillers will find the series a must read.

Having spent time abroad, Jason has lived and worked in various parts of England as well as the Scottish Highlands. He currently resides in the East Riding, with his wife and two young children.

You can reach him via his website at www.jmdalgliesh.com

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