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" Some secrets won’t stay buried… "
Synopsis
Since Amy's daughter, Ruby-May, died in a terrible accident, her family have been beset by grief.
One year later, the family decide to go on holiday to mend their wounds.
An idyllic island in Italy seems the perfect place for them to heal and repair their relationships with one another.
But no sooner have they arrived than they discover nothing on this remote island is quite as it seems.
And with the anniversary of the little girl's death looming, it becomes clear that at least one person in the family is hiding a shocking secret.
As things start to go rapidly wrong, Amy begins to question whether everyone will make it home...
My Review
A body is found on a beach... and we are left with this lingering through the rest of the tale.
In this story we join the Flowers family one year on from the devastating loss of 3 year old Ruby-May. we know that Ruby has died but what happened?
The story is written from the perspectives of Amy, and her younger brother, Nick.
Its is Nick that suggests that they all go on holiday for the Anniversary to heal and build bridges as over the past 12 months many have not spoken lock and trapped in there own grief guilt and blame.
This book is wonderfully written in that its was so emotional the feelings of grief and the emotions surrounding this and the characters shone through.
Amy, Ruby-May's mother tries to just get through the days without her daughter, and Nick on the trip finds himself on a mission to find out what really happened that day.
The book jumps from present day on the trip to the past as well as the key day in question when Ruby May went missing and as with most family's everyone has secrets its just what are they and who is hiding the most.
The book has many twist and revelations and with the opening lingering thought the whole book a devoured the last 100 pages as I just Had to know the ending!
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Author Bio
SANJIDA KAY is a writer and broadcaster.
She lives in Somerset with her daughter and husband.
She has written three previous psychological thrillers, Bone by Bone, The Stolen Child and My Mother's Secret to critical acclaim.
Praise for My Mother’s Secret
‘So compelling you have no choice but to race through it... Twisty, tense and chilling. Brilliant!’ Sam Carrington
‘Chilling and compelling, filled with exquisitely drawn characters and gut-wrenching twists that force you to ask the most terrifying question of all: how would I cope if this happened to me?’ Cavan Scott
‘With her vibrant prose and razor-sharp observation, Sanjida's story hooked me right from the start, pulling me in with an increasing sense of unease until the final spine-chilling climax.’ Caroline England
‘A gripping page-turner - the twists kept coming!’ Catherine Ryan Howard
‘A gripping yarn with a vicious sting in the tale that shows the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.’ L V Hay
‘Sanjida Kay captivates the senses, then delivers the killer blow.’ Lucy Dawson
Praise for The Stolen Child
‘Gripping and totally unpredictable’ Daily Mail
‘An excellent piece of work [that] triumphs both as an edge-of-the-seat whodunnit and a psychologically perceptive study of the impact of grief, loss and alienation.’ Irish Independent
‘Utterly absorbing’ CrimeReview.co.uk
‘A taut thriller that boxes you in with more lies and red herrings than you can shake a stick at.’ The Book Trail
‘The Stolen Child captivated me, terrified me and left me deeply moved.’ Holly Seddon
‘Beautiful terse writing and the build to the shattering climax is palpable.’ Peter James
‘Grips to the very last page... I couldn't put it down.’ Amanda Jennings
‘Gut-wrenching... The Stolen Child succeeds as both a fast-paced thriller and a haunting tale of a fragile family.’ Peter Swanson
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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.