Genre: Mystery
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 429
Challenges: None
I added this book to my TBR list last July when my friend gave it such high praise. I’ve learned to trust her recommendations and when I started seeing other book bloggers also post such positive reviews I couldn’t wait any longer to read it.
Oh this is good. This is really good.
Twenty years ago in a Dublin suburb, three children disappeared in the woods. Two of them were never seen again. One of the boys was found clinging to a tree with no memory of what had happened. His shoes were filled with blood. That boy is now Detective Rob Ryan and a 12 year old girl has been found murdered in those same woods.
Ryan and his partner Cassie Maddox begin their investigation. Cassie is the only person he works with who knows Rob’s connection to the old case. The questions just keep coming. Are the cases connected? Will Rob remember anything of what happened when he was a child? Can he effectively work this case? What kind of extra pressure will this put on his partner?
The writing is wonderful, the pacing is superb, the story unfolds and the tension rises. This is a psychological suspense story as much as it is a murder mystery. The praise for this book is well deserved. I highly recommend it
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 429
Challenges: None
I added this book to my TBR list last July when my friend gave it such high praise. I’ve learned to trust her recommendations and when I started seeing other book bloggers also post such positive reviews I couldn’t wait any longer to read it.
Oh this is good. This is really good.
Twenty years ago in a Dublin suburb, three children disappeared in the woods. Two of them were never seen again. One of the boys was found clinging to a tree with no memory of what had happened. His shoes were filled with blood. That boy is now Detective Rob Ryan and a 12 year old girl has been found murdered in those same woods.
Ryan and his partner Cassie Maddox begin their investigation. Cassie is the only person he works with who knows Rob’s connection to the old case. The questions just keep coming. Are the cases connected? Will Rob remember anything of what happened when he was a child? Can he effectively work this case? What kind of extra pressure will this put on his partner?
The writing is wonderful, the pacing is superb, the story unfolds and the tension rises. This is a psychological suspense story as much as it is a murder mystery. The praise for this book is well deserved. I highly recommend it
15 Comments:
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El: thanks for the recommendation! I was going to link to you as 'my friend' but your goodreads review says a review is coming to your blog and it never made it to your blog :-(
I'm reading this right now too. Am up to page 15 I think. Long way to go but it has already pulled me in. Thanks for the review!
And another happy reader! :)
I have been wanting to read this forever it seems like....maybe this year, I hope.
Yay!! Another fan! My hubby is reading the second book (The Likeness) right now, but it's going to the top of my stack the minute he finishes. I hope she's working on a third! I loved this book.
Kay: you're gonna love it!
Joy; I've put it on The Hubster's 'You have to read this soon" stack.
J.Kaye: the sooner the better, trust me.
Les: thanks for the encouragement to move it to the top of the TBR list.
Thanks for the review now that you have finished. Glad to hear the end result was as good as the reading early on when you first mentioned it. Will certainly bump it up on the pile.
Seeing lots of enthusiastic reviews for this book. It's going on the long list. Thanks, SuziQ.
Glad you enjoyed this one too!
Bumbles: Definitely worth moving near the top or your TBR pile. Only problem is now I have to decide whether or not to wait till the second one is out in paperback.
Booklogged: Oh you'd like this one!!!
Kris: Have you read The Likeness yet?
I enjoyed this book as well, I loved how literary it was!
My review
Oh! This sounds good, will definitely check it out. Thanks.
Sounds great and I love the cover.
S. Krishna: I agree - I like my fast paced brain candy type of mysteries, but this kind is a real treat too.
Robin: It's just excellent.
Framed: You'd definitely like it.
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