Over the last four months or so I've ploughed through near on twenty different crime and mystery thrillers. Some like all three books by CJ Tudor and The July Girls from Phoebe Locke were excellent and gripping. Others were good but there were a couple that disappointed however nothing prepares one for the story that unfolds in this tome from Lisa Jewel.
It's not often I get angry when reading (or watching) fiction but as the tale develops in this mystery one does want to intervene against the obvious injustice. It's no wonder that this book has been in the best seller charts for a while now.
The premise as outlined on the cover is that the police find three bodies in a virtually empty house which have began to decay having been dead for several days. Yet upstairs in a cot lay a young baby well fed and cared for. But who had been looking after her?
This appears to be a triple suicide. But where have the other children gone?
Libby receives a letter on her 25th birthday from solicitors stating she has just inherited a house. And not just any old building. This is a prime property in Chelsea worth millions.
A text is sent saying the "Baby is now 25".
What does this all mean?
Meanwhile Lucy and her children are living an itinerant life style in France. The actors in this gripping page turner are about to be introduced in a tale that is told gong back and forth in time.
You will be shocked. It certainly raised my blood pressure and the story will certainly get under your skin. I cannot recommend this book enough.
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