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A review by faysieh
Found Her by Niki Mackay, N.J. Mackay
4.0
Ten years ago Belle disappears on a walk home from school and her sister Eve is plagued by constant guilt. She lives a half life, punishing herself and one friend in particular who also happened to be present on the day everything went wrong. Bobby is now married to Eve's best friend Mandy but the existing relationship between him and Eve is certainly less than healthy.
Then all of a sudden Belle is found in the road in a dire physical state and taken to hospital. Locke is the detective assigned to the case, talking to Eve about what happened a decade ago as Belle cannot. She requires lots of operations and remains in a medically induced coma.
The girls' Mum died some time ago so the reader can really sense the loneliness and despair of Eve whose ability to get through each day can only be described as dysfunctional. Eve doesn't even know what to say each time she visits Belle at her bedside and can't bring herself to write in the communication book either. And yet she is desperate for her sister to wake and have the torment that has been her constant companion lessen in its brutality.
Belle has a police guard at the hospital and Eve has similar protection outside her house as Locke, a rather likeable but quite unconventional police officer, is focused on finding out who took Belle and kept her captive for so long. He needs to understand the puzzle to solve it before the kidnapper does something worse.
The pace is fast, tense and gripping. I didn't have a clue who was guilty so it is true to say the book is shocking, full of suspicion, danger and twists.
Some of the story is difficult to digest because of the cruelty described and this just spurs the reader on in an indirect mission to see justice metered out.
What makes this type of book fascinating is the psychology behind the psychopath's behaviour and how nurture can create a person with bad intentions and a troubled mind. It is disturbing but compelling.
I didn't see the twist coming at the end, but after so much tension, the end seemed a bit too rushed and tidied up. It is because of this, and some unprofessional behaviour on the part of Locke that has led me to give this book 4 rather than 5 stars. Picky maybe, but my personal stance.
Having said that I would definitely recommend this book to others and I will also be interested to see what NJ Mackay writes next.
Then all of a sudden Belle is found in the road in a dire physical state and taken to hospital. Locke is the detective assigned to the case, talking to Eve about what happened a decade ago as Belle cannot. She requires lots of operations and remains in a medically induced coma.
The girls' Mum died some time ago so the reader can really sense the loneliness and despair of Eve whose ability to get through each day can only be described as dysfunctional. Eve doesn't even know what to say each time she visits Belle at her bedside and can't bring herself to write in the communication book either. And yet she is desperate for her sister to wake and have the torment that has been her constant companion lessen in its brutality.
Belle has a police guard at the hospital and Eve has similar protection outside her house as Locke, a rather likeable but quite unconventional police officer, is focused on finding out who took Belle and kept her captive for so long. He needs to understand the puzzle to solve it before the kidnapper does something worse.
The pace is fast, tense and gripping. I didn't have a clue who was guilty so it is true to say the book is shocking, full of suspicion, danger and twists.
Some of the story is difficult to digest because of the cruelty described and this just spurs the reader on in an indirect mission to see justice metered out.
What makes this type of book fascinating is the psychology behind the psychopath's behaviour and how nurture can create a person with bad intentions and a troubled mind. It is disturbing but compelling.
I didn't see the twist coming at the end, but after so much tension, the end seemed a bit too rushed and tidied up. It is because of this, and some unprofessional behaviour on the part of Locke that has led me to give this book 4 rather than 5 stars. Picky maybe, but my personal stance.
Having said that I would definitely recommend this book to others and I will also be interested to see what NJ Mackay writes next.