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Neniu kovrilo — Silent Victim (Paperback, 2018, Thomas & Mercer)

Poŝlibro, 331 paĝoj

Eldonita je 28-a de aŭgusto 2018 de Thomas & Mercer.

ISBN:: 978-1-5420-4662-6

(1 recenzo)

Emma’s darkest secrets are buried in the past. But the truth can’t stay hidden for long.

Emma is a loving wife, a devoted mother…and an involuntary killer. For years she’s been hiding the dead body of the teacher who seduced her as a teen.

It’s a secret that might have stayed buried if only her life had been less perfect. A promotion for Emma’s husband, Alex, means they can finally move to a bigger home with their young son. But with a buyer lined up for their old house, Emma can’t leave without destroying every last trace of her final revenge…

Returning to the shallow grave in the garden, she finds it empty. The body is gone.

Panicked, Emma confesses to her husband. But this is only the beginning. Soon, Alex will discover things about her he’ll wish he’d learned sooner. And others he’ll long to forget.

2 eldonoj

Stephanie Jane recenzis Silent Victim de Caroline Mitchell

Ok, but overhyped

3 steloj

I think I am going to be in a minority of Silent Victim readers who aren't raving about how amazing this crime novel is! Don't get me wrong. I think it is resoundingly OK, hence my three star rating, but seeing gushing praise elsewhere I wondered if I had perhaps mistakenly read a different book? Silent Victim is a fast-read thriller which nicely passed a couple of sunny afternoons. I didn't especially like its storyline being passed between three narrators because they all spoke with the same voice so I kept forgetting whose point of view I was supposed to be following at that time. Also the characters' actions were frequently abrupt and without adequate motivations so I didn't understand why they chose to follow their particular course. These kinds of issues irritate me, particularly in a novel which has such a serious subject as child abuse at its centre. …

I think I am going to be in a minority of Silent Victim readers who aren't raving about how amazing this crime novel is! Don't get me wrong. I think it is resoundingly OK, hence my three star rating, but seeing gushing praise elsewhere I wondered if I had perhaps mistakenly read a different book? Silent Victim is a fast-read thriller which nicely passed a couple of sunny afternoons. I didn't especially like its storyline being passed between three narrators because they all spoke with the same voice so I kept forgetting whose point of view I was supposed to be following at that time. Also the characters' actions were frequently abrupt and without adequate motivations so I didn't understand why they chose to follow their particular course. These kinds of issues irritate me, particularly in a novel which has such a serious subject as child abuse at its centre. As an entertaining read, it does its job, but I felt uncomfortable with this subject being just 'entertainment'.