A review by toriss
The Dead Ex by Jane Corry

5.0

*Thanks to NetGalley and Penguin for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.* 'The Dead Ex' is a fast-paced and fascinating novel that kept me hooked from the start until the very end. Ostensibly, the novel is focussed on the disappearance of David Goudman, the so called 'dead ex' of the story's title. There is much more to the story than that. At the beginning, the book seems to be about a number of different people living very different lives - young Scarlet, Vicki the aromatherapist in a seaside town, to photography student Helen. However, as the story unfolds, the characters' lives become intertwined until all is revealed at the end of the book. The book moves form the past to the present as the impact of people's actions is explored. A moving novel that also explores the ideas of foster care, the prison system and epilepsy. This book did not disappoint.