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A review by tasmanian_bibliophile
Wolf by Mo Hayder
3.0
‘Amy is five years old and in all of those five years she’s never seen Mummy acting like this before.’
Amy finds a small dog wandering alone, and in the time that she is out of her parents’ sight, they panic. A vagrant comes to Amy’s aid, and takes the small dog away. The dog has a note with the words ‘Help Us’ but no other details.
Just ten miles away, in their remote home known as the Turrets, three members of the Anchor-Ferrers family are fighting for their lives. Two men have convinced the Anchor-Ferrers to let them into their home, and are now holding the family against their will. But what do the two men want?
The vagrant who has the small dog (named Bear) is sure that someone is in trouble. He involves Detective Inspector Jack Caffery, by promising him some information. Jack Caffery is reluctant, but cannot forgo an opportunity to hopefully obtain more information about the childhood abduction of his brother so many years ago.
So begins a race against time. The story moves between the increasingly tense (and bizarre) happenings at the Turrets, and Jack Caffery’s race against time to find out who the dog belongs to, and who needs help.
There are more than a few twists and turns in this novel, and an ending that I really didn’t anticipate. I can’t believe that this is my first Mo Hayder novel. While it’s possible to read and enjoy this novel as a standalone, I believe that this is the seventh book in a series to feature Jack Caffery. I’m intrigued enough to read the others to find out more about Jack Caffery.
An excellent rainy day (or two) read!
Jennifer Cameron-Smith
Amy finds a small dog wandering alone, and in the time that she is out of her parents’ sight, they panic. A vagrant comes to Amy’s aid, and takes the small dog away. The dog has a note with the words ‘Help Us’ but no other details.
Just ten miles away, in their remote home known as the Turrets, three members of the Anchor-Ferrers family are fighting for their lives. Two men have convinced the Anchor-Ferrers to let them into their home, and are now holding the family against their will. But what do the two men want?
The vagrant who has the small dog (named Bear) is sure that someone is in trouble. He involves Detective Inspector Jack Caffery, by promising him some information. Jack Caffery is reluctant, but cannot forgo an opportunity to hopefully obtain more information about the childhood abduction of his brother so many years ago.
So begins a race against time. The story moves between the increasingly tense (and bizarre) happenings at the Turrets, and Jack Caffery’s race against time to find out who the dog belongs to, and who needs help.
There are more than a few twists and turns in this novel, and an ending that I really didn’t anticipate. I can’t believe that this is my first Mo Hayder novel. While it’s possible to read and enjoy this novel as a standalone, I believe that this is the seventh book in a series to feature Jack Caffery. I’m intrigued enough to read the others to find out more about Jack Caffery.
An excellent rainy day (or two) read!
Jennifer Cameron-Smith