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lillyrose97's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Car accident, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Blood, and Child death
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, and Drug use
tnb10's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Car accident and Child death
Minor: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Drug use
lb_2023's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The book goes from medium paced to fast paced as the plot thickens and twists and turns. The last part of the book especially is a real page-turner!!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping
Moderate: Violence, Murder, Child death, and Grief
Minor: Emotional abuse and Stalking
what_heather_loves's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
4.0
"Something really odd is going on around here. I don't believe it's mystical or supernatural, whatever some of the locals think. But I do believe it's calculated and linked to the events surrounding Olivia's three missing friends."
Present day and Manchester journalist Jenna Halliday, making a podcast for the BBC, is visiting the small Wiltshire town of Stafferbury, to investigate the disappearance of three teenage girls, twenty years ago. Recently separated from husband Gavin, she's left their ten year old son, Finn, with him and her mother. She's staying in a cabin in the forest and soon befriends the local police detective, Dale who's been assigned the cold case. A new death springs the case wide open.
Olivia Rutherford lives and works with her mother at the family stables; she doesn't know her father, he's never been in her life. The only survivor of a car accident on 'The Devil's Corridor', a lonely road that splits a supposedly haunted forest and runs near to the historic standing stones, it's an area many locals believe is cursed by mystical and supernatural incidents. The car accident saw her three friends, Sally, Tamzin and Hetty, disappear, leaving Olivia the only survivor, which damaged her physically and mentally. Vulnerable, she is over-reliant on manipulative childhood sweetheart, Wes.
Stacey, boyfriend JeanPaul and their friends are on the holiday of a lifetime in a luxurious villa in Bangkok. They're staying with JP's mysteriously wealthy friend, Derrek, who he seems to be beholden too.
Switching between present day (Jenna and Olivia) twenty years ago (Olivia) and an unspecified other time period (Stacey) has women at the centre of this mysterious tale. It's one of those novels that pulls you in, wanting to unravel the mystery with likeable Jenna. As the reader gets to know Olivia and her circumstances, it's good to see her and Jenna team up. The rural and supposedly mystic setting, with plenty of local characters is atmospheric and the pacey plot with cliff hangers shocks makes for a page-turner. As with the author's previous, The Couple at No9, this is a tense and creepy mystery, making for a great read.
Present day and Manchester journalist Jenna Halliday, making a podcast for the BBC, is visiting the small Wiltshire town of Stafferbury, to investigate the disappearance of three teenage girls, twenty years ago. Recently separated from husband Gavin, she's left their ten year old son, Finn, with him and her mother. She's staying in a cabin in the forest and soon befriends the local police detective, Dale who's been assigned the cold case. A new death springs the case wide open.
Olivia Rutherford lives and works with her mother at the family stables; she doesn't know her father, he's never been in her life. The only survivor of a car accident on 'The Devil's Corridor', a lonely road that splits a supposedly haunted forest and runs near to the historic standing stones, it's an area many locals believe is cursed by mystical and supernatural incidents. The car accident saw her three friends, Sally, Tamzin and Hetty, disappear, leaving Olivia the only survivor, which damaged her physically and mentally. Vulnerable, she is over-reliant on manipulative childhood sweetheart, Wes.
Stacey, boyfriend JeanPaul and their friends are on the holiday of a lifetime in a luxurious villa in Bangkok. They're staying with JP's mysteriously wealthy friend, Derrek, who he seems to be beholden too.
Switching between present day (Jenna and Olivia) twenty years ago (Olivia) and an unspecified other time period (Stacey) has women at the centre of this mysterious tale. It's one of those novels that pulls you in, wanting to unravel the mystery with likeable Jenna. As the reader gets to know Olivia and her circumstances, it's good to see her and Jenna team up. The rural and supposedly mystic setting, with plenty of local characters is atmospheric and the pacey plot with cliff hangers shocks makes for a page-turner. As with the author's previous, The Couple at No9, this is a tense and creepy mystery, making for a great read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Car accident and Child death
Moderate: Gaslighting
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