BOOK 1: THE LOST BROTHER Ricky and Leonora. Brother and sister. It’s an inseparable bond — until Ricky is sent away to South African boarding school. Their father plans to bring him home, but then the unthinkable happens. Leonora’s father is shot dead and Ricky vanishes. Can Leonora uncover the truth about what happened to them? And will it lead back to Ricky?
BOOK 2: THE GIRL ON THE BEACH Anna steps forward to take a better look, fighting to keep her hood in place. Leaning down, she pulls the brown slime of the seaweed away and recoils in horror. Underneath is the white curve of a human leg. What would you do if you discovered a dead body on a remote beach and no one else seemed to care?
BOOK 3: WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT Lisa remembers the first part of that night: an evening in the pub with her best friend. Then nothing. She wakes up, days later. In hospital. Her best friend is dead. What happened? Lisa holes up in a remote country cottage, plagued by guilt and flashbacks: how did their assailant know them? Why were they attacked? And what really happened that night?
Autobiographical? The author seems to know a great deal about recovery from sexual violence. We follow Lisa through two years of hell as she recovers memories, blames herself, and then ever so slowly heals. This is not a fast read, at least it wasn’t for me. At times it seemed to drag, just like real life and real healing. It is a book I will recommend to both victims and perpetrators since I deal as therapist with both.
Loved this collection of stories. Each so different, each with a lesson along with the tale, if I so chose. I found it difficult to put down and kept finding bits of time when I was out...time in-between appointments, to read a chapter or two. Ill be looking for more like these. A great change from the chops or p.i.,s.
I enjoy psychological thrillers because you don't know how the story will end. I enjoyed This book it is well written and believable in its outcome. Susanna Beard gets right into the characters, and their mental states.
Excellent thriller you find yourself trying to guess what a revelation will lead to but get it wrong. Well written from the point of a victim of crime.
These b look old were very good readings and very much e joyed ir we ally liked the story about Lisa and A lie i ft was very heartbreaking and so well written that I could not put it down keep up the good writing