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#TheRegret @bloodhoundbook @DanMalakin
"What if someone wanted to ruin your life?"
Synopsis
Rachel Stone’s world was destroyed by a stalker, Alan Griffin. After he went to prison, she rebuilt her life.
Now she's qualified as a nurse, has a three-year-old daughter, and is in a new relationship.
But someone is stalking her again. Her phone, her emails and her social media are hacked.
Rachel believes it’s Griffin, out of prison and looking for revenge. She needs to find him and make him leave her alone.
But as Rachel is drawn into a hunt, she realises that something even more horrific is happening - something that will make her confront the childhood that has lingered like a ghost, and will force her to face the truth about her new life.
Is Griffin the one ruining her life or someone else, far more dangerous, responsible?
My Review
What a ride! wow! This is one of those books that grabs you and just will not let go!
You can tell the absolute dedication the author has put in to the research in to three very sensitive subjects. the first Identity fraud a phrase we throw around nowadays and think no more but what if someone REALLY took over your life, Your sense of self, I found the information and the topic in this book both fascinating and quite scary!
Secondly, the descriptions of Anorexia were just haunting, and really lingered with me.
and lastly stalking itself as a crime and how the laws are still progressing and having to adapt to our ever more digital lives.
The whole story is such a tense and emotional read, to question who can you really trust and how what we write and post on line now can affect our whole lives.
Author Bio
Originally from Manchester, Dan managed to escape the rain and now lives in relative dryness in the beautiful village of Holloway, North London, pretty much next to the prison, with his patient wife, beautiful daughter, and ridiculously hairy dog.
By day he works as a data security consultant, demonstrating to corporations that should know better just how easy it is for hackers to access their most sensitive information.
As a writer, his short stories have been widely published both in print and online, and he has twice been shortlisted for the Bridport prize.
In 2013 he completed a Masters in Creative Writing at Brunel University.
His debut novel, a psychological thriller called The Regret, came from the idea that you can be attacked by anyone in the world, from anywhere, at any time; someone you’ve never met in person can reach into your life and mess things around. It’s chilling stuff, and through his work he knows how easy it is to do.
Come say hi on Twitter @danmalakin, or read some of his short stories on www.danmalakin.com
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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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