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fionayule 's review for:
The Night Before
by Wendy Walker
I was super excited to be receive an email telling me I was auto approved for this title as I had reviewed Wendy Walkers previous novel Emma in the Night.
Again, this novel has strong psychopathic theme central to it. Laura has returned to her childhood town after a 10-year enforced ostracization. Laura has an unsettled history, that saw her childhood boyfriend beaten to death with a baseball bat, and a mentally ill man convicted of the murder. But Laura was found with the baseball bat in her hand and blood on her dress. Was she as innocent as she claimed to be?
After the break-up of a relationship Laura returns to her childhood town to live with her sister. Keen to start afresh she signs up to a dating website and goes on a date. But when she doesn’t return her sister becomes concerned that history might be repeating itself and goes in search of her sister.
This is a good old fashioned twisty page turner. The dual narrators, Laura and Rosie make a good slant to the unfolding of events, and the ending is clever. I enjoyed this, and for me it’s the better of the two Wendy Walker novels I have read.
Thank you to Netgalley, and to the publisher for offering me the chance to review this novel super early. I just loved it.
Again, this novel has strong psychopathic theme central to it. Laura has returned to her childhood town after a 10-year enforced ostracization. Laura has an unsettled history, that saw her childhood boyfriend beaten to death with a baseball bat, and a mentally ill man convicted of the murder. But Laura was found with the baseball bat in her hand and blood on her dress. Was she as innocent as she claimed to be?
After the break-up of a relationship Laura returns to her childhood town to live with her sister. Keen to start afresh she signs up to a dating website and goes on a date. But when she doesn’t return her sister becomes concerned that history might be repeating itself and goes in search of her sister.
This is a good old fashioned twisty page turner. The dual narrators, Laura and Rosie make a good slant to the unfolding of events, and the ending is clever. I enjoyed this, and for me it’s the better of the two Wendy Walker novels I have read.
Thank you to Netgalley, and to the publisher for offering me the chance to review this novel super early. I just loved it.