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Alone: The complete trilogy
ALONE
The Complete trilogy
Have you ever wished that you could turn off your mind?
Just for a day, so you can think, sleep, be free from those thoughts and memories that nag and pick at your brain until you can't think straight.
Sometimes you do. We all do.
Alone But Not Lost
Twenty years ago Glyn Morgan was jailed for killing Sin’s mother. Now he’s free.
Sin needs to bury the secrets and lies of her past before she can run. But maybe she’s left it too late.
The Edge
PC Sara Jones believes the law is there to be obeyed. No exceptions.
Despite being bullied, isolated and forced to question her sanity, she remains determined to prove a fellow officer is guilty of rape.
Sin believes everybody is out to get her.
Perhaps they are. Perhaps it’s time she fought back.
Found
Sara Jones escapes the police force to live in a quiet Cornish village—but she doesn’t move far enough
Alan Meadows is tired of being a stranger and thinks now might be the right time to settle down—but he’s unsure who he can trust.
Sin wants what she’s always wanted. Freedom.
The Complete trilogy
Have you ever wished that you could turn off your mind?
Just for a day, so you can think, sleep, be free from those thoughts and memories that nag and pick at your brain until you can't think straight.
Sometimes you do. We all do.
Alone But Not Lost
Twenty years ago Glyn Morgan was jailed for killing Sin’s mother. Now he’s free.
Sin needs to bury the secrets and lies of her past before she can run. But maybe she’s left it too late.
The Edge
PC Sara Jones believes the law is there to be obeyed. No exceptions.
Despite being bullied, isolated and forced to question her sanity, she remains determined to prove a fellow officer is guilty of rape.
Sin believes everybody is out to get her.
Perhaps they are. Perhaps it’s time she fought back.
Found
Sara Jones escapes the police force to live in a quiet Cornish village—but she doesn’t move far enough
Alan Meadows is tired of being a stranger and thinks now might be the right time to settle down—but he’s unsure who he can trust.
Sin wants what she’s always wanted. Freedom.
594 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 11, 2016
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October 30, 2016
Alone Trilogy are a set of psychological thrillers set in Wales around a small town of Nanteang. Book #1 Alone But Not Lost introduces us to a lonely a very insecure character called Sin. She lives in a house with top security, CCTV cameras, locks and bolts and a safe room, and hovers on the edge of sanity. Her only human contact is with Hawk, an odd-job man she leaves notes for who gets her shopping and tries to become her friend.
News of the release from prison of Glyn Morgan has Sin panicking, and making preparations to run away. This triggers memories from her childhood and fills us in on the story so far. Born to a mother made rich from a song her band once made, Sin is her mother's mistake and she's subjected to verbal and physical abuse from a mentally unstable parent. Forced to live in a pit beneath the garage. Later they send Sin to a private school, where she meets Jenna, but it's a front for a Paedophile ring and the girls run away, successfully at first, but later they're caught. With no proper schooling or upbringing, Sin is far from streetwise and experiences then and later, when they return to her mother's house make her insanity no surprise.
Book #2 The Edge. Grown up Sin is on the run. Jenna's gone, Hawk's dead and she can't trust anyone. This book is also more about police officer Sara Jones, who came as a community support policewoman to offer support when Glyn was freed. Sara and Sin had met about twenty years before when Sin and Jenna were on the run. They both have mental health issues, and are alone. Sara is ostracized at work over supporting a rape allegation against a fellow police officer. She'd like to be a part of the current murder investigation, but she has family connections and they keep her out. But she can't let it rest and follows her own line of inquiries which lead them to Sin.
Book #3 Detective Alan Meadows is also a loner, sent in undercover to sniff out the corruption in the police-force. There's been a big fall-out because of Sara's investigations and she's left the force for a peaceful life, but two cases of arson at Hawk's properties and kidnapping of her son and his pregnant girlfriend have her back on the case. With few avenues open to her, she asks Alan for help, the kidnappers want Sin because they believe she holds vital information, but Sin is in a top mental hospital. Sarah will stop at nothing to save her family and Alan puts his job on the line to help her.
It was good to read these books one after another, there was just enough detail of the story so far, for readers who will read them singularly, but not too much for those reading them in sequence. I think they work best read one after the other and I enjoyed the level of suspense in each book. As the books evolve they move more into police crime thrillers. There were some good twists at the end of book three which I didn't see coming. I would recommend these to anyone who enjoys good thrillers.
News of the release from prison of Glyn Morgan has Sin panicking, and making preparations to run away. This triggers memories from her childhood and fills us in on the story so far. Born to a mother made rich from a song her band once made, Sin is her mother's mistake and she's subjected to verbal and physical abuse from a mentally unstable parent. Forced to live in a pit beneath the garage. Later they send Sin to a private school, where she meets Jenna, but it's a front for a Paedophile ring and the girls run away, successfully at first, but later they're caught. With no proper schooling or upbringing, Sin is far from streetwise and experiences then and later, when they return to her mother's house make her insanity no surprise.
Book #2 The Edge. Grown up Sin is on the run. Jenna's gone, Hawk's dead and she can't trust anyone. This book is also more about police officer Sara Jones, who came as a community support policewoman to offer support when Glyn was freed. Sara and Sin had met about twenty years before when Sin and Jenna were on the run. They both have mental health issues, and are alone. Sara is ostracized at work over supporting a rape allegation against a fellow police officer. She'd like to be a part of the current murder investigation, but she has family connections and they keep her out. But she can't let it rest and follows her own line of inquiries which lead them to Sin.
Book #3 Detective Alan Meadows is also a loner, sent in undercover to sniff out the corruption in the police-force. There's been a big fall-out because of Sara's investigations and she's left the force for a peaceful life, but two cases of arson at Hawk's properties and kidnapping of her son and his pregnant girlfriend have her back on the case. With few avenues open to her, she asks Alan for help, the kidnappers want Sin because they believe she holds vital information, but Sin is in a top mental hospital. Sarah will stop at nothing to save her family and Alan puts his job on the line to help her.
It was good to read these books one after another, there was just enough detail of the story so far, for readers who will read them singularly, but not too much for those reading them in sequence. I think they work best read one after the other and I enjoyed the level of suspense in each book. As the books evolve they move more into police crime thrillers. There were some good twists at the end of book three which I didn't see coming. I would recommend these to anyone who enjoys good thrillers.
March 12, 2016
Alone: The Complete Trilogy is the bookworm equivalent to a DVD box-set, comprising of Alone But Not Lost, The Edge and Found. It's a tense, dark and disturbing psychological thriller following the lives of Sin, a reclusive, paranoid young woman and PC Sara Jones.
In Alone, we are introduced to Sin who lives in part of an asylum which she inherited from her abusive mother. She trusts no-one and lives with a constant fear of intruders and outside threats including her step-father who she finds out has just been released from prison. Her only contact with the outside world is via her handyman Hawk and an internet support group where she has recreated herself as "Judy"
Sin's story is uncomfortable reading at times but it's necessary to help you understand her mental state and paranoia. PC Sara Jones makes a few appearances in this novel as she is one of the police officers who visits Sin to follow up on a letter concerning her step-fathers release.
The Edge is book two and this time Sara is the main protagonist. As a police officer Sara believes that the law is to be obeyed and that no-one is above it, so when she suspects a male colleague of raping a teenage girl she begins questioning her own sanity. When someone close to Sin is found dead Sara once again finds herself having to contact Sin, but no-one knows where she is and as a result of Sara's investigation with her temporary colleague Alan, she has unwittingly put her son and his pregnant girlfriend in grave danger. Who can Sara trust and even if she can find Sin, will she be in any fit state to help her?
Found is the culmination of the trilogy. With her son Rhys and his girlfriend Anna still missing, Sara needs Sin's help now more than ever but she is still unsure who she can trust. Will Sara find Rhys and Anna before it's too late and will Sin finally find the freedom she so desperately craves.
This is a captivating trilogy full of unexpected twists with a cast of complex and flawed characters. It's a suspenseful story that moves at a brisk pace and will leave you second guessing yourself. Bob's writing style is accomplished and she does a fabulous job in ensuring that the story flows seamlessly while at the same time introducing more characters that become pivotal to the intricate plot. The Alone trilogy is brilliantly conceived and will draw you in from the first chapter.
With kind thanks to author Bob Summer for the review copy.
In Alone, we are introduced to Sin who lives in part of an asylum which she inherited from her abusive mother. She trusts no-one and lives with a constant fear of intruders and outside threats including her step-father who she finds out has just been released from prison. Her only contact with the outside world is via her handyman Hawk and an internet support group where she has recreated herself as "Judy"
Sin's story is uncomfortable reading at times but it's necessary to help you understand her mental state and paranoia. PC Sara Jones makes a few appearances in this novel as she is one of the police officers who visits Sin to follow up on a letter concerning her step-fathers release.
The Edge is book two and this time Sara is the main protagonist. As a police officer Sara believes that the law is to be obeyed and that no-one is above it, so when she suspects a male colleague of raping a teenage girl she begins questioning her own sanity. When someone close to Sin is found dead Sara once again finds herself having to contact Sin, but no-one knows where she is and as a result of Sara's investigation with her temporary colleague Alan, she has unwittingly put her son and his pregnant girlfriend in grave danger. Who can Sara trust and even if she can find Sin, will she be in any fit state to help her?
Found is the culmination of the trilogy. With her son Rhys and his girlfriend Anna still missing, Sara needs Sin's help now more than ever but she is still unsure who she can trust. Will Sara find Rhys and Anna before it's too late and will Sin finally find the freedom she so desperately craves.
This is a captivating trilogy full of unexpected twists with a cast of complex and flawed characters. It's a suspenseful story that moves at a brisk pace and will leave you second guessing yourself. Bob's writing style is accomplished and she does a fabulous job in ensuring that the story flows seamlessly while at the same time introducing more characters that become pivotal to the intricate plot. The Alone trilogy is brilliantly conceived and will draw you in from the first chapter.
With kind thanks to author Bob Summer for the review copy.
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