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4.5~5★
“Abby got through a lot of books during winter, and true crime was a particular favourite. It seemed darkly appropriate in a place like Belport, where the streets didn’t just feel empty, but emptied.”
Abby is The Wife. She lives on the fictional Belport Island off the coast of the Bellarine Peninsula, south of Melbourne. The peninsula juts out between the big bay of Port Philip and Bass Strait. If you went straight south, you might skirt the west coast of Tasmania on the way to the frozen l ...more
“Abby got through a lot of books during winter, and true crime was a particular favourite. It seemed darkly appropriate in a place like Belport, where the streets didn’t just feel empty, but emptied.”
Abby is The Wife. She lives on the fictional Belport Island off the coast of the Bellarine Peninsula, south of Melbourne. The peninsula juts out between the big bay of Port Philip and Bass Strait. If you went straight south, you might skirt the west coast of Tasmania on the way to the frozen l ...more
When Kate & ten year old Mia were at the airport in Melbourne, waiting for John - husband and father - to arrive home from London after a two week conference, they had no idea this was the point their lives changed forever. When John failed to arrive, Kate began asking questions; first to his place of work, then further afield. Mia was devastated her beloved father was missing; staying with her grandmother while her mother and grandfather searched was all she could do. When the house alarm was t
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Rating: B+
After reading this book, I realised that I like murder mysteries to be solvable by the reader if they put their mind to it. The twist in this book which appears quite late in the book makes it virtually impossible for the reader to work it out themselves. While I get that you don't want a book where it's bleeding obvious who did it, I can't help but feel a bit ripped off.
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Gripping thriller, with well drawn characters and suspense all the way. The author is a master of the end of chapter hook, which caused many late nights. The twist at the end is totally original - I've never seen it done before, and it made me stop and try to work out how the author had set it up.
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Slow to start. Pace picked up with plenty of twists and turns. Writing lacked elegance. Clunky metaphors and dialogue. Worth sticking with for the twist and how it all comes together.
Oct 03, 2019
Shelleyrae at Book'd Out
marked it as to-read
Oct 20, 2019
Anne_MB
marked it as to-read
Dec 29, 2022
Lindy-Lane
marked it as to-read
