Description:
Can two wrongs ever make a right?
The police never found fifteen-year-old Ellie Hutton. She vanished ten years ago after walking home from school along a disused railway track. But Danny Sheppard knows exactly what happened to her. She is dead and buried in a field near Lassiter’s Brook. Now Cassie Rafferty has gone missing. Same age. Similar circumstances. And Danny also knows what has happened to her. Can Danny fight his demons and tell the truth this time? Or will history repeat itself and leave another innocent girl dead?
Review: 4 Stars
This is a fast paced, interesting thriller. We know from the synopsis what happened to Ellie but we don’t know how does it connect to Cassie. The writing is superb and the editing is at its best! This book does not have an ounce of flab to it. It’s crisp and to the point.
The story is based on a really dark personality. The pure evil nature of Callum makes me shudder. His mere presence makes the ambience seem darker and murkier. The impact his evil behavior has on so many lives is truly devastating. The choices the boys make as teenagers and as grown adults are questionable. What bothered me about the book was how oblivious the parents were to what was happening to their kids. I find it hard to believe that parents can be this blind to such severe trauma. This premise makes this an extremely dark read. If there were fifty share of dark, rest assured this is the darkest there is.
The ending has a nice twist to it. It made me sad to read it because it really shows how one dark shadow can ruin everything it touches. The characters are well developed and I appreciate how the author has taken the time to build the characters based on what they went through. The books starts off as suspenseful and gets even more so till such time that we go in to the flashback of what actually happened. The story builds well on how much bullying can impact a child’s life.
The writing style and plot remind me a lot of Stephen King’s style and I’ll definitely read more by this author.
Thank you NetGalley and Bloodhound books for giving me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
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