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The Imposter
by Anna Wharton
Set in 2014 Chloe is juggling looking after her grandmother who has dementia and her job as an archivist at a local newspaper.
After a written warning from her boss and numerous calls from her grandmother’s social worker Chloe finds herself at her wits end.
During her archiving she comes across a story of a missing girl who would be the same age as her now. She becomes obsessed with the story, takes the file home and when it’s discovered to be missing she loses her job.
Chloe goes back to the office to copy the file and starts her own investigation into the girl’s disappearance.
She find herself at the parents’ new house, and as if by chance they are advertising for a lodger at the local newsagents. With her grandmother in a home and no longer with a job to fill her days Chloe finds herself living with them and it’s not all that it looks to be on the surface.
This was a slow burning thriller where you wondered what was going to be the end result.
I had a few theories in my mind but none of them met the twist at the end. I really wasn’t expecting that!
There were enough red herrings to keep you guessing and enough people to suspect.
I did find the timeline odd in that I don’t know why it was set in the early 2000’s rather that today. Perhaps it was written earlier and dates not changed or the time period meant something to the author? It didn’t detract from the story but didn’t really add anything either.
A good novel for fans of thrillers and mysteries. It will definitely keep you guessing and you won’t realise what is said at the end. It left me open mouthed!
After a written warning from her boss and numerous calls from her grandmother’s social worker Chloe finds herself at her wits end.
During her archiving she comes across a story of a missing girl who would be the same age as her now. She becomes obsessed with the story, takes the file home and when it’s discovered to be missing she loses her job.
Chloe goes back to the office to copy the file and starts her own investigation into the girl’s disappearance.
She find herself at the parents’ new house, and as if by chance they are advertising for a lodger at the local newsagents. With her grandmother in a home and no longer with a job to fill her days Chloe finds herself living with them and it’s not all that it looks to be on the surface.
This was a slow burning thriller where you wondered what was going to be the end result.
I had a few theories in my mind but none of them met the twist at the end. I really wasn’t expecting that!
There were enough red herrings to keep you guessing and enough people to suspect.
I did find the timeline odd in that I don’t know why it was set in the early 2000’s rather that today. Perhaps it was written earlier and dates not changed or the time period meant something to the author? It didn’t detract from the story but didn’t really add anything either.
A good novel for fans of thrillers and mysteries. It will definitely keep you guessing and you won’t realise what is said at the end. It left me open mouthed!