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3.58 AVERAGE
3.58 AVERAGE
slow-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Kidnapping, Death of parent, War, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Confinement, Drug use, Incest, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
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✨ BOOK REVIEW ✨
The Lost House - Susan Lewis (@susanlewisbooks)
★ ★ ★ ★ (4/5)
It’s my day on the blog tour for this book. Thank you to Anne at #randomthingstours, Susan Lewis and the publishers, Harper Collins (@harpercollinsuk)
• SYNOPSIS •
A perfect marriage…
Golden couple Annie and David Crayce have it all. A loving marriage, three beautiful children and a thriving family business. Life couldn’t be better. Until the unthinkable happens…
A perfect crime?
A piece of damning DNA evidence has arisen, placing David as the prime suspect of a murder committed twenty-years ago. Annie is sure her David is innocent. But if he isn’t guilty, then either his father or brother must be.
As the police investigate the cold case, so does Annie. Trawling through her old diaries, she begins desperately looking for answers. But it all comes down to a few lost hours she can’t solve.
And Annie begins to doubt the one person she thought she knew best… Her husband.
• REVIEW •
(TW: murder, rape, death, alcohol)
Wow! I absolutely loved this and devoured it in like, 24 hours! What a fantastic thriller!
I sometimes find thriller protagonists awkward and whiny (depending on who they are in the story) but I really liked Annie. I loved her emotional support for her family and just how even though she loved them, she had her doubts. I think any human would!
This book was gripping, with enough plot twists to keep me on my toes. Did I guess who it was? Nope. Could I have? Perhaps.
Lewis has written a brilliant, suspenseful thriller which is easy to read and follow (although I did draw a family map at one point as all characters feel to be thrown at you near the beginning!).
✨ BOOK REVIEW ✨
The Lost House - Susan Lewis (@susanlewisbooks)
★ ★ ★ ★ (4/5)
It’s my day on the blog tour for this book. Thank you to Anne at #randomthingstours, Susan Lewis and the publishers, Harper Collins (@harpercollinsuk)
• SYNOPSIS •
A perfect marriage…
Golden couple Annie and David Crayce have it all. A loving marriage, three beautiful children and a thriving family business. Life couldn’t be better. Until the unthinkable happens…
A perfect crime?
A piece of damning DNA evidence has arisen, placing David as the prime suspect of a murder committed twenty-years ago. Annie is sure her David is innocent. But if he isn’t guilty, then either his father or brother must be.
As the police investigate the cold case, so does Annie. Trawling through her old diaries, she begins desperately looking for answers. But it all comes down to a few lost hours she can’t solve.
And Annie begins to doubt the one person she thought she knew best… Her husband.
• REVIEW •
(TW: murder, rape, death, alcohol)
Wow! I absolutely loved this and devoured it in like, 24 hours! What a fantastic thriller!
I sometimes find thriller protagonists awkward and whiny (depending on who they are in the story) but I really liked Annie. I loved her emotional support for her family and just how even though she loved them, she had her doubts. I think any human would!
This book was gripping, with enough plot twists to keep me on my toes. Did I guess who it was? Nope. Could I have? Perhaps.
Lewis has written a brilliant, suspenseful thriller which is easy to read and follow (although I did draw a family map at one point as all characters feel to be thrown at you near the beginning!).
This book took some getting into, mostly because of all the characters. I'm not even sure if I could honestly tell you who was who by the end either, I didn't care much for any of them. The story line had great potential but went on a tad too long for me.
On the plus side I didn't see the end coming. I have rated this book 2.5 and rounded it up to 3
Thank you NetGalley, Susan Lewis and Harper Collins UK for this ARC in exchange for an honest review
On the plus side I didn't see the end coming. I have rated this book 2.5 and rounded it up to 3
Thank you NetGalley, Susan Lewis and Harper Collins UK for this ARC in exchange for an honest review
Another excellent story by this author!
It's gripping, entertaining and kept on the edge till the end.
Excellent storytelling and character development, a complex plot full of twists and turns.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine
It's gripping, entertaining and kept on the edge till the end.
Excellent storytelling and character development, a complex plot full of twists and turns.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
The book begins with a murder.
The drama, palpable from the get go.
Karen Lomax, who is teenage girl, went missing and has now been found murdered. The police have their suspicions but struggle to find the evidence needed to convict anyone for the crime.
Fast forward a twenty years and we are introduced to the Crayce's and their extended family. All seem normal, like the perfect family really. That is until Annie and David's daughter Sienna makes an unfortunate mistake of bowing to peer pressure and getting herself in trouble with the law.
The police take her DNA and she hopes that is as far as it goes as no further charges are made. But sadly for her, the DNA is the start of the re-opening of Karen Lomax's case when a familiar DNA matches the one that was found in her underwear when her body was discovered.
That means that the murderer could be Sienna's dad (David), her Uncle Henry or her Grandad Dickie (Henry and David's dad).
As things start to crumble around this once tight knit family, more than one secret is revealed.
I was invested from start to finish. And just when I thought I had it all worked it, everything changed. All I can say is that it is surprising/shocking just how far people will go to get the lives they've always dreamed of.
The Lost Hours is a brilliantly in-depth crime novel that is devastatingly dark and gritty. Showing that one small mistake can have disastrous knock on effects.
Once you start this book, you will not want to put it down.
The drama, palpable from the get go.
Karen Lomax, who is teenage girl, went missing and has now been found murdered. The police have their suspicions but struggle to find the evidence needed to convict anyone for the crime.
Fast forward a twenty years and we are introduced to the Crayce's and their extended family. All seem normal, like the perfect family really. That is until Annie and David's daughter Sienna makes an unfortunate mistake of bowing to peer pressure and getting herself in trouble with the law.
The police take her DNA and she hopes that is as far as it goes as no further charges are made. But sadly for her, the DNA is the start of the re-opening of Karen Lomax's case when a familiar DNA matches the one that was found in her underwear when her body was discovered.
That means that the murderer could be Sienna's dad (David), her Uncle Henry or her Grandad Dickie (Henry and David's dad).
As things start to crumble around this once tight knit family, more than one secret is revealed.
I was invested from start to finish. And just when I thought I had it all worked it, everything changed. All I can say is that it is surprising/shocking just how far people will go to get the lives they've always dreamed of.
The Lost Hours is a brilliantly in-depth crime novel that is devastatingly dark and gritty. Showing that one small mistake can have disastrous knock on effects.
Once you start this book, you will not want to put it down.