Rating: 4/5
Review
An enjoyable read
This is a decent psychological thriller and I enjoyed most
of it.
The story is narrated by Melanie Black. Within the first few pages it emerges that
she is dead. She comes to in a strange
house to find that she is a "g-word" (this is rather amusingly
handled). The story of how she came to
die, and why she has ended up in this house with this family emerges skilfully
and it's a well told tale. Melanie was a
broadcast journalist when alive, which is the author's profession, too, and
there are a lot of shrewd, often quite scathing comments and interludes about
TV news. B.E. Jones creates pretty
believable characters, I liked the Swansea
setting (although we don't get all that much of it) and it's an enjoyable read.
I have to say that it got a bit silly. The character back-stories were OK for a
while, but lost some credibility as more things emerged. Nonetheless, I found this a well written and
pretty engaging, if disposable read and I can recommend it.
(I received an ARC via Netgalley.)
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