Anna is a teacher who works in a school for vulnerable
young people. She struggles to make ends meet, living hand to mouth as she feeds
her shopping addiction. When Guy walks into the school lecture hall one day to deliver
to the staff a professional development session, Anna’s life changes.
She wants to tell Guy the truth about her past, but she can’t
but she has also made a promise to her sister Birdie, who has gone missing,
that she will reveal the truth about what happened to her.
Wow! This book was gripping. In one description it quotes “A completely addictive
thriller that will keep you guessing into the early hours of the morning” and
it did I couldn’t go to sleep as I wanted to know how certain characters would
respond to certain situations! I guessed the twist about two pages before it
was revealed and I was a) chuffed that I managed to solve the mystery and b) thrilled
that it wasn’t so obvious that I was just waiting for the author to reveal what
I already knew.
I
would have liked to have known what happened to certain characters after the
news was revealed, but in this case, less is more!
This
is a disturbing, heart-breaking story which tackles head-on the story line of
child exploitation in the care system and it certainly doesn’t hold any
punches.
A
wonderful, enthralling, chilling read.
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