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Damaged - Dan Scottow

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"How for would you go to find the truth? "

Synopsis

Do you believe everything you’re told?


Journalist Emily Blake is sent back to her hometown to investigate the disappearance of a young girl called Becky Clarke.


Emily takes the assignment willingly as the case echoes the disappearance of her childhood friend, Alice Abbott, twenty-five years earlier.


Returning to the village, Emily renews old acquaintances and rivalries. She reconnects with her estranged brother Adam, who has never quite recovered from tragic events from their past.


While she looks into the disappearance of Becky Clarke, Emily revisits Alice’s case but not everyone welcomes her investigation.


As lies that have been told for twenty-five years surrounding Alice’s disappearance begin to unravel, Emily is drawn deeper into the mystery.


What happened to Alice?


Will Becky ever be found?


And do the answers lie closer to home than anyone ever imagined?





My Review


Damaged is a completely fantastic debut novel that I just could not put down. From the outset i was pulled along on this thrilling emotional and heartbreaking journey From start to the very last page this book had me hooked

Alice and Emily best friends when suddenly Alice disappears.

Twenty five years later Emily now a journalist finds herself back in her hometown after another child goes missing


Comparisons to her best friend's disappearance all though years ago lead Emily to really investigate Alice's case and Not everyone is happy a the past been disturbed, as Emily get closer to the truth the more danger she is in.

This book has everything you are looking for in the genre, Brilliant story that hooks you with great twists and turns, a real page turner with great pace that keeps you thinking just one more chapter! and engaging believable characters that as the story develops you find yourself experiencing with such depth the raw and emotional events with them and feel for them and how there lives change


Unbelievable that this is a debut, it is class act and I cannot wait for more from this author and his style of writing.



Author Bio



Dan grew up in Hertfordshire before moving to London in his early twenties. After more than ten years living there, he decided enough was enough, and packed his bags for Scotland in search of a more peaceful life.


Dan works as a graphic designer, but dreams of the day he can give it up and write full time.


Besides writing, he enjoys painting, watching a good scary film, travelling the world, good food, long walks on the beach with his dogs, and of course,reading.




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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.

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