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"She spoke out. I stayed silent. What would you do? "
Synopsis
A compulsive, literary domestic suspense set to spark debate.
When Becky accidently sees her boss with a woman who isn’t his wife, she’s horrified but keeps her counsel – she owes Matthew so much for all he’s done for her career.
But when the same woman accuses him of rape and asks for the witness to come forward, Becky doesn’t know what to do.
Was what she saw rape? Or is this a young actress looking to get ahead? And can Becky separate her own traumatic past from the present?
As Becky attempts to untangle these blurred lines, she must risk everything to find the truth…
Blurred Lines is a brilliantly written novel that explores the effects of #metoo, and questions identity, womanhood, and how trauma is dealt with.
Perfect for fans of Doctor Foster, Apple Tree Yard, The Couple Next Door and Blood Orange
My Review
This was one of those books that gets its hooks into you in the blurb and just does not let go!
In this read we meet Becky, a budding film producer making her mark she hopes in a cut throat world, When one evening accidentally sees her boss, Matthew, having sex with a women who is not his wife.
Becky is so embarrassed but she is loyal to Matthew, after all he has done so much for her career and after all his marriage and sex life is really not her business.
That is the woman she saw him with accuses Matthew of rape. This leads Becky to question everything she knows and everything she thought she saw, Was it rape? what did Becky really see? and who is telling the truth?
This book could not have a more fitting title, blurred lines all over the place, from two sides to every story, to who you remain loyal too and what in the end will it cost you?
This was a read that kept me hooked from the outset, desperately reading and engrossed as we barrelled towards the climax. I love stories that have a "what would you do?" element to them and this read had this question dripping from its pages.
well written, great characters and full of tension, this is a story that is so relevant at this time and written in a style that is utterly compelling.
Author Bio
Hannah Begbie studied Art History at Cambridge University. She went on to become a talent agent, representing BAFTA and Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning writers and comedians for fifteen years.
She also enrolled in The Novel Studio course at City University, winning that year’s new writing prize.
The book she developed there became her debut novel, MOTHER, which later went on to win the Joan Hessayon Award for New Writers from the RNA.
The TV rights were snapped up by Clerkenwell Films (Lovesick, Misfits) after a heated auction, with screenwriter Tom Edge (The Crown, Judy) attached.
She lives in north London with her husband and their two sons.
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Thank you to the Publisher and Author for sending me an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of this novel and for the opportunity to review these works.
All reviews are my own unbiased opinion.