Published by Killer Reads on December 15, 2017
Format: Audiobook
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The perfect neighbours tell the perfect lies…
When Helen moves into an exciting new neighbourhood, she finds herself in a web of evil with no escape
Behind the shutters lies a devastating secret…
When Helen moves abroad with her loving husband Gary, she can’t wait to meet her fellow expat teachers from the local International School. But her new start is about to become her worst nightmare…
As soon as the charming family across the way welcome Helen into their home, she begins to suspect that all is not as it seems. Then Gary starts to behave strangely and a child goes missing, vanished without a trace.
When violence and tragedy strike, cracks appear in the community, and Helen realises her perfect neighbours are capable of almost anything…
Slowly but surely my mojo for reading is coming back and I am listening more and more to audiobooks. I do find though if the narrator isn’t doing it for me, I have to turn the book off, like everyone. However, Lara Falkner gave the sleepy German village a whole breath of life and in fact, made me quite addicted to the book!
It’s not without some minor flaws but I easily overlooked this with the interwoven story of “Fiona” the unsureity of what is happening to Helen and then the murders! Smaller stories all intertwine. I would love to have more of a conclusion or discussion around Sascha’s storyline, there was a lot of heartbreak and I don’t think we even scratched the surface with them. With the Fiona storyline, I was completely WRONG with that, which I found all the more shocking when I realised the who, I really should have seen it all along especially when I decided on Sheppard!
Despite the length of the book, I don’t feel like we got to know the characters all that well, so when we do have a bit of a disastrous dinner party, I wasn’t saddened by the loss, just completely gobsmacked, that poor cake!
I seem to have found a bit more of a love for reading again, and this book has helped me along. Rachel is an author who has been on my list for ages and I am so pleased I got to listen to this one. Like I said, I found it addictive! I needed to find out the shocking truth behind it all, and well wow! It’s not what I was expecting and it will be something that will make me question EVERYONE I speak to now.
A very twisty addictive thriller! It’s definitely all the buzzwords, but it’s a book you have to just go with the flow with and suspend some disbelief! I can’t wait for the next outing!
Until the next time xxx
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