Karen spent 30+ years as a Civil Servant, mostly in Revenue which is where she developed my absolute hatred of poor writing skills! Her favourite genre is now crime/thriller/police procedural/legal genre with the occasional foray into chick-lit and general fiction.
It seems that sisters,
separated for various reasons and then reunited is the theme of the majority of
psychological thrillers nowadays which has become rather boring so I was not
expecting very much from this story.
The good sister, Jessica, is
babysitting Emily, the bad sister’s baby, Daisy. When Emily and her husband
return from a party they find baby Daisy has been abducted and Jess is out cold
on the floor covered in blood. While the story follows the investigation, much
of the story focus is on the sisters and their history, which is told in
flashback.
Although the sisters
relationship was somewhat predictable the story itself was not and the author
did bring something different to the theme with some terrific twists and well
developed characters; the cast of characters was kept small and they were all
interesting characters; the writing flowed very well and it was very easy to
read.
Despite my misgivings I was
gripped from early on and was thoroughly unprepared for the twists at the end.
All in all a great read which will appeal to fans of Paula Hawkins, Into The Water.
