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The spotlight shines on Lucas through much of this storyline. He's been chosen as the assigned friend for a new boy at his academy. Kieran, red-haired and awkward, is a foster child living not too far from them. Upon meeting Kieran for the first time, Ellen senses something outright disrespectful and challenging in the boy. His cold stares leave Ellen uncomfortable. But Lucas is taken with Kieran and refuses to curtail their friendship. We'll experience a deep change in Lucas as the threads start to unravel. There's nothing quite so chilling as the roar of mother tiger love. Louise Candlish had my heart in my throat. Dizzily dark. Dangerous. Deadly' -- Jane Corry, author of The Lies We Tell There’s nothing quite so chilling as the roar of mother tiger love. Louise Candlish had my heart in my throat. Dizzily dark. Dangerous. Deadly' JANE CORRY Ellen Saint’s life is turned upside down when her son Lucas is assigned a new buddy at Foxwell Academy. Kieran is is a foster kid and soon deemed a bad influence. Ellen watches as Lucas’ grades plummet and drug use increases. Growing more and more concerned, Ellen attempts to prevent Lucas from seeing Kieran. When both boys are in involved in a fatal car accident, who is to blame? Ellen also suffers from a condition known as High Place phenomenon, which is an urge to jump from a high place. Her fear and obsessive thoughts add to the tension as a counterpoint to her obsession with Kieran. I was kept on my toes and although I got a few things right, there were still surprises in store. This could be considered a slow burn but I enjoy strong character-driven novels so I loved this aspect of the story.
Time is a great healer they say, but in Ellen's case, time only fuels the fire raging within her especially when one day she catches a glimpse of Kiernan in a building's penthouse garden. She is appalled, nearly slipping out of her skin, for she knows that Kiernan is dead or so she thought. She and Vic had had taken care of this, had they not? What or how is Kiernan still walking the planet? Hell has not opened up and consumed him.
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The gaps to the story are filled by both a Sunday Times magazine article entitled “Killing Time” by Michaela Ross and a memoir “”Saint or Sinner” written by Ellen Saint in a writing class, designed to explore the impact that violent crime has had on the students taking the course. And who sparked a police hunt for a murder suspect that was never quite what it seemed. It still isn’t. Dangerously dark and grippingly tense, this will keep you guessing with its brilliant twists and turns’ Heat
The Heights is a tall apartment building in London- and from the terrace of this building, Ellen sees a man she knows for a fact is supposed to be dead. How can that be? Once it is determined that she wasn’t just imagining things- Ellen descends into a frenzy of obsession- determined to rid the world of a man she can’t allow to continue living on the same planet as herself… I couldn't have asked for more, really, and feel so proud that readers are continuing to discover it and recommend it far and wide. The premise for this sounded so good to me, and the opening was exciting, reeling me in! But that was where my excitement faded.. This was an overlong and slow moving book, which took me a week to read! I found it easy enough to read, but it had no real drama, tension or suspense 😢 Not only is Candlish a terrific storyteller, she has the gift of making you care about unlikable characters' Guardian This is an entertaining and compelling psychological suspense story that I couldn’t put down. It’s a bit of a slow burn, but never boring. The first 30% caused me major anxiety (bad for me, but a clear indication that a book has me hooked) as I just knew something unsavory was going to happen...and that it did!I thought the end, like literally the last 10-15%, brought something interesting that I wasn't expecting, but other than that I found this to be fairly boring and at times annoying. I really enjoyed The Heights and reading my first Louise Candlish novel. It got my brain moving, making me question what would I do if I were in Ellen’s situation? Her writing is subtle but powerful and I look forward to reading more by this talented author. I've read books by Louise Candlish so when I saw that she had this one coming, I added it to my TBR and looked forward to its debut. Last week I received a message inviting me to read it early and I had to jump right in. I don't even remember what I was thinking about reading on the weekend because when this landed in my lap, I could not put it down! When Ellen's son Lucas befriends troubled teen Kieran, her instinct to keep her child safe intensifies. Ellen's gut feeling is right as, within months, Lucas's life has been destroyed. What follows is a cat-and-mouse game between Ellen and Kieran, as she strives for revenge. Told through Ellen's own heart-breaking account, you soon wonder whether her point of view is accurate, or if there's another side to the story. A real nail-biter' Woman & Home
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