I Let You Go: The Richard & Judy Bestseller

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They reach the quiet street where home lies just around the corner, its seductive warmth a welcome thought. I read I Let You Go in two sittings; it made me cry (at least twice), made me gasp out loud (once) and above all made me wish I'd written it.

Floodlights were mounted on metal tripods, their strong beams picking out the fine mist of rain, which had thankfully abated in the last hour.When I picked it up again today I did find it a little bit hard to get into at first but once I was a little ways in I was hooked! She starts to drive them both home and he becomes aggressive and insists they swap seats, even though he is drunk. It’s a small income, she has virtually nothing now and lives in a run-down cottage that probably no-one else would rent.

The floor lies unseen beneath a carpet of broken clay; rounded halves of pots ending abruptly in angry jagged peaks.

Ian’s body has not yet been recovered, and Jenna catches a glimpse of what she fears might be writing in the sand; writing that could only be from Ian. On my bedside cabinet is the brass alarm clock Eve gave me when I went to university—“Because you’ll never get to lectures, otherwise”— and I’m shocked to see it’s ten thirty already. I remember doing a twelve-hour scene watch in the pouring rain when I was a probationer, then getting told off by the DCI for not smiling when he turned up at eight o’clock the next morning. All I will say is that the plot is cleverly written, with twists that I have already told you are amazing and plenty more surprise moments along the way. I think if I had been able to go in blind on this one and not been told time and again of "the big twist(s)" it would have gotten me; however, because I was expecting them I found myself figuring it all out before the reveals.

The story involves a hit and run killing of a 5-year-old boy and is told from the POV of 3 characters—our main protagonist Jenna, the lead detective on the case Ray, and a man named Ian. The characters in the book I thought were excellent, I felt I could relate to each of them as if I was there with them, in the story, including the peripheral characters as well. As a year stretched out, the crime remained unsolved and it seemed as if each of them may be successful. The last quarter or so of the novel had me flicking through the pages as fast as I could go, as I wanted to see how it all panned out.Reading a little about the author and her background in the police force for many years, this story germinated from an actual real life hit and run accident of a nine year old boy. Even she can’t say for sure it was there ( ‘The sea washes over the writing I’m now not certain I saw at all. We then follow her as she settles into her new life and begins to find happiness in her newly discovered independence.