Review: One Step Too Far

One Step Too Far by Tina Seskis
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

One morning, Emily Coleman ups and leaves her apparently happy martial home in Manchester, for a new hedonistic life in London. Emily has a secret and is running from it, but can she out run it or will it haunt her forever?

When I first started reading this book I was completely immersed in the plotline, loved the story and I adored the style of writing. However, half way through I got a fed up, but only because I was getting impatient and wanted all the loose ends tied up (it was a bit like going to bed on Christmas Eve and wishing your life away for the surprises that you know are under the tree!) Tina Seskis didn't disappoint me, and when the story did start to unravel I could not stop reading it, I was completely engrossed in the story again, and couldn't turn the pages quickly enough.

This book was compared on the cover to The Girl On The Train, but I actually think it was better. So if you like thrillers that haul you in, toy with you for a little while, and then explain everything to leave you completely satisfied with the ending, then you've got to add this to your "To Be Read" pile!

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