Happy Publication Day!!
An absolutely chilling story with a crazy twist which had me cackling out loudly at the wicked mind of the author Sarah A. Denzil, a mind which could think of using the darkness residing in the depths of a human mind as the means of a wicked manipulation.
With thrillers abounding the literary scene, it takes a brilliant story to make me go Whoa, and this one filled me with a dark joy at the number of twists. A daughter’s suicide and a mother’s pain both form the arc of the plot, and as per the norm, the mother does not believe and investigates.
But what changed everything for me was the rushing cold fury and determination that filled the mother Kat’s veins, someone who had been termed antisocial and unemotional by the therapist. It almost felt like a wounded lioness who was ready to take on the world to get to the truth!! I love such characters. The only niggle I had was there was a clear clue, and the main character acknowledged it, yet didn’t investigate it.
Surprisingly, the darker the lanes of the book, the more I am filled with joy. And this book had different shades of darkness to make me dance in its shadows!!
I received an ARC from NetGalley and publisher Bookouture, and this is my journey into its pages, straight from the heart!!
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‘Your daughter is dead.’
When Kat Cavanaugh hears the words every mother dreads, her perfect world shatters. She takes in the beautiful long blonde hair, torn yellow dress and chipped blue nail-varnish. It can’t be real.
And then the police add the word ‘suicide’. But Kat refuses to believe them.
Even when they show her the familiar looping handwriting and smudged ink on the note her little girl left behind. She knows her bubbly, vivacious daughter would never take her own life.
As she searches Grace’s perfume-scented room, filled with smiling photos, she uncovers secrets her daughter had been hiding. Secrets that make her wonder how well she really knew the woman her only child was becoming.
Kat’s determined to find out what really happened to Grace on the night she died, even if it means facing her own troubled past. But as she gets closer to the terrible truth, Kat finds herself faced with an unthinkable question: there was no way she could have protected Grace – or was there?
Publication Date: 13th March 2019
Publisher: Bookouture
39 Responses
Wow, that is such a great cover!!! I love your review of this dark thriller, Shalini!!!
Thank you Mackie I really enjoyed this book 😍
Love this review! I just finished this one. My goodness. So much craziness!!
I agree Toya this was an absolute fun 💖
Loved your review, Shalini. Your little dark mind. 😌
Hahaha the darker the book, more happy I am 😉😉😂😂 how are you Laurie
Hi, Shalini. I’m the same. But pressing on. 🦸🏽♀️
How are you my dear?
I am okay… I hope you get well soon. Take care and send me a mail if you want to talk
Thanks, Sweetie. And, I will. 🤗🤗☺️😘
Wonderful review, Shalini!
Thank you ❤️
Excellent review, Shalini. I’m glad you enjoyed this book 🙂
This was really good. Read it if you get a chance. I am sure you will love it too 😍
Awesome review, Shalini. Glad we both enjoyed it. I like how you described Kat as a wounded lioness. That truly captures her character in this story.
I agree… I could feel her fierceness… ❤️
I love the sound of this one. And I of course love you!! ❤❤❤
Thank you ❤️ darling… Are you sweetening me up? Do your posts not have my guy again?
I love you so much 😘❤️ even when you are slacking
No guy you want in the last book I read. 😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
😂😂😂😂😂 Damn… Then where us my book boyfriend
So glad you have broken your streak of bad reads and found a winner
Darling… I read this long before the bad streak… So I went for a light read today..
Thank you ❤️
book sounds thrilling and suspenseful. great review, Shalini!
This was a great book one of the few thrilling ones in recent times
Fantastic review- you sold me! 🙂
Awww…. Thank you… This was a great book.. I hope you enjoy it more than I did
Wonderful review and loved this. “Surprisingly, the darker the lanes of the book, the more I am filled with joy. And this book had different shades of darkness to make me dance in its shadows!!
Yayy thank you… It shocks me when I re read my lines…
Because after every book my mind says only 3 things – this was crap, this was wow, this was okay…
So when I read my own lines, I am like – when did this happen? 😂 😂
Thank you so much Marialyce ❤️
‘ the darker the lanes of the book, the more I am filled with joy.’ Mouhahaha, the sign of a friend of mine :p Fabulous review!!!
Bahahahaha *wicked laughter*baby.. 😂 😂 Thank you ❤️
Murder or suicide? And a mother left to wonder if she could have prevented it. So sad!
This was really sad in some ways but full of determination shown by the mother
I’m glad you liked this one so much. I thought you might! It really was quite terrific, as is your review! Well done!
Aww thank you.. This was simply great
Great review Shalini. I love the cover of this one as well. I have read so many great reviews with high ratings so will have to find this one.
This was simply great. I enjoyed it thoroughly. Hope you like it too❤️