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Saving April
A gripping psychological thriller by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Silent Child.
Do you ever really know your neighbours?
Hannah Abbott is afraid of the world. Plagued by anxiety, she lives an isolated, uneventful life in suburban Yorkshire. She rarely leaves her house, and her only friend is Edith, her elderly neighbour. But when the Mason family moves in across the street , Hannah's quiet life is changed forever.
They seem perfect, with their pretty teenage daughter, April, and their public displays of affection. But one day, Hannah sees April place an unsettling sign in the window , and has to make a choice.
Laura Mason is sick of pretending everything is okay. To everyone else she has a beautiful family, a good job, and a loving husband. But behind closed doors, nothing is what it seems .
A family broken by lies .
A woman traumatized by a dark past .
A child caught in the crossfire.
Who will save April?
What readers are saying about Saving April :
"This is a psychological thriller which is very gripping with a very surprising ending. You'll not be able to put this book down! Highly recommend."
"This novel was terrific! With its surprise ending, great characterization, this novel probes the dark recesses of the characters' inner lives. I couldn't stop reading until I reached the end."
"I loved this book, couldn't put it down. Great story, great characters, and loved the writing style."
Do you ever really know your neighbours?
Hannah Abbott is afraid of the world. Plagued by anxiety, she lives an isolated, uneventful life in suburban Yorkshire. She rarely leaves her house, and her only friend is Edith, her elderly neighbour. But when the Mason family moves in across the street , Hannah's quiet life is changed forever.
They seem perfect, with their pretty teenage daughter, April, and their public displays of affection. But one day, Hannah sees April place an unsettling sign in the window , and has to make a choice.
Laura Mason is sick of pretending everything is okay. To everyone else she has a beautiful family, a good job, and a loving husband. But behind closed doors, nothing is what it seems .
A family broken by lies .
A woman traumatized by a dark past .
A child caught in the crossfire.
Who will save April?
What readers are saying about Saving April :
"This is a psychological thriller which is very gripping with a very surprising ending. You'll not be able to put this book down! Highly recommend."
"This novel was terrific! With its surprise ending, great characterization, this novel probes the dark recesses of the characters' inner lives. I couldn't stop reading until I reached the end."
"I loved this book, couldn't put it down. Great story, great characters, and loved the writing style."
294 pages, Paperback
First published March 29, 2016
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About the author
Sarah A. Denzil
56 books2,565 followersSarah A. Denzil is a Wall Street Journal bestselling suspense writer. She is also known as young adult author Sarah Dalton.
Sarah lives in Yorkshire with her partner, enjoying the scenic countryside and rather unpredictable weather.
She is the author of international bestselling psychological thriller SILENT CHILD, which topped the bestseller lists on Amazon in the US, UK and Australia.
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Sarah lives in Yorkshire with her partner, enjoying the scenic countryside and rather unpredictable weather.
She is the author of international bestselling psychological thriller SILENT CHILD, which topped the bestseller lists on Amazon in the US, UK and Australia.
You can read now read AIDEN'S STORY, a short story and sequel to SILENT CHILD. It's completely free here: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/n7lb74chp3
Find out more at: http://www.sarahdenzil.com/
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September 14, 2017
Saving April by Sarah A. Denzil is a book that did what it set out to do, and it did it well. Did I like the depressing atmosphere, no! Did I like the story, not really. Was it well written, yes. It had accurately represented the gloomy characters and situations. I know, I grew up with a hoarder mother that wouldn't leave the house and a sister with depression and a panic disorder. I felt I lived in a mental instititute. That said, the book does show the real side of how weird life is sometimes and how crippling it is for some with mental issues. Good book if I 'enjoyed' it or not. lol
March 31, 2017
Definitely psychological suspense thriller.
Had very hard time with this story. Two neighbors living across each other, can see and hear what they are doing. All the characters in this story had very troubled parents and growing up. It is like reading files form the mentally distributed, sick patients. Made terrible mistake, choosing to read this book.
1.5 stars.
Had very hard time with this story. Two neighbors living across each other, can see and hear what they are doing. All the characters in this story had very troubled parents and growing up. It is like reading files form the mentally distributed, sick patients. Made terrible mistake, choosing to read this book.
1.5 stars.
August 29, 2019
"No one likes to be ordinary. Everyone wants to be different. People try so hard to be different, that they end up all being the same."Read as an audiobook. 📖
📚 Series: No.
📚 Genre: Mystery / Thriller.
📚 POV: Multiple.
📚 Cliffhanger: No.
⚠ Content Warnings: PTSD. Anxiety. Infidelity. Abuse. Survivor's Guilt.
⚠ Read if: you enjoyed reading Gone Girl and other similar novels.
First off, I'd have to say that listening to an audiobook with a British-accented author is quite amazing.
Okay, now. I would just like to say that I quite enjoyed listening to this. There is something about audiobooks that intensifies mysteries more than if you read them. Just my opinion, though.
This is a story about Hannah and her new neighbors, Matt, Laura and April Mason. She is undergoing personal troubles while having to witness her neighbors with domestic problems.
I love how the parts were written, and how bits of clarity were given from time to time. There were amazing plot twists and the ending is quite surprising. This story is full of lies and unreliable narrators you can grow crazy by choosing which one to believe.
It also has a redeeming growth for the main character, which is what she deserves at the end.
My first read from the author and I'm excited to read her other works.
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☁FINAL VERDICT: 3.58/5 ☁
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September 29, 2020
…because I like to watch squirming things go still.”
This is the very last line in Sarah A. Denzil’s Saving April, a psychological thriller about two shattered families mired in secrets, lies, blood, sex, alcohol, suffering and dark pasts.
The whole street hears, talks and speculates.
The Masons are a lovely little family looking for a fresh start.
Hannah sees bruises, hears glass breaking and animalistic grunts.
The yelling wakes her.
The world beyond her garden is a terrifying place that sends her sideways and turns her guts inside out.
The Mason’s’ signature smile doesn’t reach their eyes.
The sign in the upstairs window reads “HELP.”
The police found nothing on their initial visit but came back to stop a drunken attack.
The pages of 13-year-old April’s journal hold chilling and heartbreaking stories.
Old lady Edith is a nosey, suspicious little gossip who yearns for the days when she knew everyone on the block.
The pieces of this puzzle come together to reveal a manipulative, sadistic individual with a God complex and a twisted sense of morality.
And there are so, so many questions.
We talk of the secrets behind clothes doors, protect them, even, but what of the secrets beyond the ones in our own homes?
Are our neighbors keeping to us while we’re keeping to ourselves?
Is it smart or safe to take things at face value? Is it dangerous to do the opposite?
To what extent does genuine concern become a manifestation of serious psychological and/or emotional distress?
Ultimately, this was a great reading/listening experience, though I’m not especially cool with authors trying to stuff their family values down my throat.
Suffice it to say that divorced parents, working wives and mothers and/or opponents of essentialism and the heteropatriarchal family structure may feel judged and lectured, as this one fairly drips with mom-shaming, didacticism, gender role promotion and domestic violence and infidelity apologia.
There’s also a bit of the “awe, come on” to overcome; so long was my disbelief suspended that it began to chafe and whine to be let down.
Still, this was a quick read with some creepy moments and a few exciting twists. 4 stars.
This is the very last line in Sarah A. Denzil’s Saving April, a psychological thriller about two shattered families mired in secrets, lies, blood, sex, alcohol, suffering and dark pasts.
The whole street hears, talks and speculates.
The Masons are a lovely little family looking for a fresh start.
Hannah sees bruises, hears glass breaking and animalistic grunts.
The yelling wakes her.
The world beyond her garden is a terrifying place that sends her sideways and turns her guts inside out.
The Mason’s’ signature smile doesn’t reach their eyes.
The sign in the upstairs window reads “HELP.”
The police found nothing on their initial visit but came back to stop a drunken attack.
The pages of 13-year-old April’s journal hold chilling and heartbreaking stories.
Old lady Edith is a nosey, suspicious little gossip who yearns for the days when she knew everyone on the block.
The pieces of this puzzle come together to reveal a manipulative, sadistic individual with a God complex and a twisted sense of morality.
And there are so, so many questions.
We talk of the secrets behind clothes doors, protect them, even, but what of the secrets beyond the ones in our own homes?
Are our neighbors keeping to us while we’re keeping to ourselves?
Is it smart or safe to take things at face value? Is it dangerous to do the opposite?
To what extent does genuine concern become a manifestation of serious psychological and/or emotional distress?
Ultimately, this was a great reading/listening experience, though I’m not especially cool with authors trying to stuff their family values down my throat.
Suffice it to say that divorced parents, working wives and mothers and/or opponents of essentialism and the heteropatriarchal family structure may feel judged and lectured, as this one fairly drips with mom-shaming, didacticism, gender role promotion and domestic violence and infidelity apologia.
There’s also a bit of the “awe, come on” to overcome; so long was my disbelief suspended that it began to chafe and whine to be let down.
Still, this was a quick read with some creepy moments and a few exciting twists. 4 stars.
October 21, 2018
Who knew this would be a Gone Girl rip-off...
(Gone April?)
I loved the audiobook narrator though.
3.5/5 or maybe even a 4.. Can't decide
(Gone April?)
I loved the audiobook narrator though.
3.5/5 or maybe even a 4.. Can't decide
March 1, 2017
After finishing Silent Child by this author, I was eager to read another book by her.
Saving April has the classic characters. A young woman with major anxiety and issues from an event that take place years ago, a picture perfect neighbor, her douche husband, and their teenage daughter with her own set of problems.
Hannah has suffered a traumatic event and lives her live as a recluse, only talking to her elderly neighbor Edith. That is until Laura and Matt move in with their 13 year old daughter. Hannah believes April is in danger from her family and badgers the police into believing her.
This was a super quick read, and thank goodness. While it was decently written, it lacked any suspense and the cliche characters had me knowing where it was going right away. Blah. I'll just pretend I didn't read this, because Silent Child was brilliant.
Saving April has the classic characters. A young woman with major anxiety and issues from an event that take place years ago, a picture perfect neighbor, her douche husband, and their teenage daughter with her own set of problems.
Hannah has suffered a traumatic event and lives her live as a recluse, only talking to her elderly neighbor Edith. That is until Laura and Matt move in with their 13 year old daughter. Hannah believes April is in danger from her family and badgers the police into believing her.
This was a super quick read, and thank goodness. While it was decently written, it lacked any suspense and the cliche characters had me knowing where it was going right away. Blah. I'll just pretend I didn't read this, because Silent Child was brilliant.
February 21, 2019
The story alternates between Hannah, who has lived in the area a while and her new neighbour Laura. It was good to see both point of views from both women and I was actually quite torn in what to believe.
Hannah living opposite the new family, can’t help but see and hear the going on’s of her new neighbours. I mean come on, I am sure we are all a bit nosy at times, even if we don’t mean to be. April, the couples daughter, like Hannah, really intrigued me and I couldn’t wait to read more to see where the story was heading.
I don’t want to say to much about the story itself as the story heads into a direction I never envisioned. The author really had me hood winked into thinking I knew exactly what was going to happen to then turning everything upside down so I was taken by surprise.
Saving April is a tense and enthralling read that left me with goosebumps. It really is quite chilling and very unexpected. It’s one I seemed to get through in no time as the author totally had my attention. Another great read from the author.
Hannah living opposite the new family, can’t help but see and hear the going on’s of her new neighbours. I mean come on, I am sure we are all a bit nosy at times, even if we don’t mean to be. April, the couples daughter, like Hannah, really intrigued me and I couldn’t wait to read more to see where the story was heading.
I don’t want to say to much about the story itself as the story heads into a direction I never envisioned. The author really had me hood winked into thinking I knew exactly what was going to happen to then turning everything upside down so I was taken by surprise.
Saving April is a tense and enthralling read that left me with goosebumps. It really is quite chilling and very unexpected. It’s one I seemed to get through in no time as the author totally had my attention. Another great read from the author.
May 25, 2017
This is my second book by Sarah Denzil and I have to say that I enjoyed it more than her other book, Silent Child. I found the pacing to be quick and I was intrigued by the first chapter. Ms. Denzel has that unique ability to draw you into a story and hook you so you can't stop turning the pages. While I didn't enjoy the ridiculous ending to Silent Child I found this ending to be much more satisfying. Great book and I will definitely seek out more of her book.
June 14, 2020
This is wild. I read this after I heard that this plot and The Woman in the Window’s plot are essentially the same, and Saving April was published first.
AND YEAH... the plots were essentially the SAME. Very minor differences between the two. I really liked Woman in the Window, so it came as no surprise that I really liked Saving April as well!
AND YEAH... the plots were essentially the SAME. Very minor differences between the two. I really liked Woman in the Window, so it came as no surprise that I really liked Saving April as well!
June 6, 2019
I was curious at first what was going on in April's house but then I gradually lost interest because non of the characters were interesting nor engaging.
This story is told in first person narrative by Hannah or Laura, we also get snippets from April. The way those multiple points of views were written, made me feel detached from the characters, especially as there wasn’t one main character to care about! Who wants to read about pathetic, weak characters and their messy - miserable life (by the time the "mystery" from Hannah's past was revealed and I should have felt sympathy for her, it was too late)? Also its a MUST to create a distinctive voice for your characters when the story uses multiple 1st person narrative!! There were too many times I had to remind myself who's POV I was reading.
If you are looking for similar themed book, then I recommend The Woman in the Window. That books was bettter constructed and the storyline didn't jump around.
This story is told in first person narrative by Hannah or Laura, we also get snippets from April. The way those multiple points of views were written, made me feel detached from the characters, especially as there wasn’t one main character to care about! Who wants to read about pathetic, weak characters and their messy - miserable life (by the time the "mystery" from Hannah's past was revealed and I should have felt sympathy for her, it was too late)? Also its a MUST to create a distinctive voice for your characters when the story uses multiple 1st person narrative!! There were too many times I had to remind myself who's POV I was reading.
If you are looking for similar themed book, then I recommend The Woman in the Window. That books was bettter constructed and the storyline didn't jump around.
April 4, 2022
I may be a bit generous in my four-star assessment, but as a shy introvert I found it very easy to empathize with Hannah, a thirty something homebody. She works as a free-lance editor and suffers from extreme anxiety, self-medicating with vodka. Her new neighbours Matt and Laura Mason have loud quarrels and Hannah fears their 13 year-old daughter may be a victim of domestic abuse. The story is told in 1st person from the points of view of Hannah and of Laura, who works in the financial sector and is the sole support of her family. Matt claims to be trying to find work as a personal trainer, but may be pursuing sex with younger women instead. This is one of Sarah Denzil's earlier books and perhaps she was trying to combine too many genres. Whilst I failed to find the twist entirely plausible, I was engaged throughout.
January 20, 2023
A very well done psychological thriller.
Hannah suffers from very high anxiety, and PTSD. As we follow her throughout the book, we know she has experienced a very traumatic event that has made her terribly afraid of the outside world. She rarely leaves the house and lives her days writing stories and watching the world around her. Then one day, a new family moves in across the street and Hannah can't help but be drawn to watching them.
We also follow Laura Mason. She and her husband and daughter, April, are the new family across the street from Hannah. From the outside, the Mason's look like the perfect family. But as Hannah watches their every move, she wonders just how perfect they really are. Then one day, their daughter, April, holds up a sign in her window for Hannah to see. And Hannah's quiet little life is changed.
This was definitely a slow burn thriller, but I really enjoyed it. The narration was excellent.
Hannah suffers from very high anxiety, and PTSD. As we follow her throughout the book, we know she has experienced a very traumatic event that has made her terribly afraid of the outside world. She rarely leaves the house and lives her days writing stories and watching the world around her. Then one day, a new family moves in across the street and Hannah can't help but be drawn to watching them.
We also follow Laura Mason. She and her husband and daughter, April, are the new family across the street from Hannah. From the outside, the Mason's look like the perfect family. But as Hannah watches their every move, she wonders just how perfect they really are. Then one day, their daughter, April, holds up a sign in her window for Hannah to see. And Hannah's quiet little life is changed.
This was definitely a slow burn thriller, but I really enjoyed it. The narration was excellent.
September 21, 2018
THE THREE STOOGES!
The story was interesting and moved quickly but it was very contrived and actually silly at the end. I don’t like telling the plot of a book because it is unnecessary. We all know what the book is about from the blurb or description.
I think the last part of the book was ridiculous. A hermit who suddenly becomes a marathon runner. A huge, muscleman who is tied up and packaged, then dragged into a hideout like a sack of flour— by one measly female. A mother who joins in a foot race to do her job as a “good” mom. The ending was an absolute farce, a comedic hoot, but meant to be “serious” stuff. There were so many goofy things happening that I thought of the song, “Bring in the Clowns.” I hate spoilers, so can’t give great examples of all the shenanigans that were dreamed up. Just don’t take this book too seriously. Instead, think of The Three Stooges, and you can also include the police in this description. They need everything worked out for them and this includes handing over the evidence, in order to solve the case.
The last page of this looney-tunes saga sort of lost me. The significance of the final remark simply flew over my head. What are we to infer from this? I think perhaps some pages might either be out of order or missing.
Yes, there are people with all sorts of horrible mental problems but when they are used as a way to invent a contrived ending to a story and the author has to explain things, then the book is broken. The story itself and the way it is told is all the reader needs. The characters should not have to explain to the readers what just happened and why the evil one did what she did.
I don’t know if I am coming across the way I would like. But if you are an author, please don’t explain to the reader in order to clarify the ending, unless you are Agatha Christie. Just write a well developed story and your humble readers will understand everything that you want us to know.
The story was interesting and moved quickly but it was very contrived and actually silly at the end. I don’t like telling the plot of a book because it is unnecessary. We all know what the book is about from the blurb or description.
I think the last part of the book was ridiculous. A hermit who suddenly becomes a marathon runner. A huge, muscleman who is tied up and packaged, then dragged into a hideout like a sack of flour— by one measly female. A mother who joins in a foot race to do her job as a “good” mom. The ending was an absolute farce, a comedic hoot, but meant to be “serious” stuff. There were so many goofy things happening that I thought of the song, “Bring in the Clowns.” I hate spoilers, so can’t give great examples of all the shenanigans that were dreamed up. Just don’t take this book too seriously. Instead, think of The Three Stooges, and you can also include the police in this description. They need everything worked out for them and this includes handing over the evidence, in order to solve the case.
The last page of this looney-tunes saga sort of lost me. The significance of the final remark simply flew over my head. What are we to infer from this? I think perhaps some pages might either be out of order or missing.
Yes, there are people with all sorts of horrible mental problems but when they are used as a way to invent a contrived ending to a story and the author has to explain things, then the book is broken. The story itself and the way it is told is all the reader needs. The characters should not have to explain to the readers what just happened and why the evil one did what she did.
I don’t know if I am coming across the way I would like. But if you are an author, please don’t explain to the reader in order to clarify the ending, unless you are Agatha Christie. Just write a well developed story and your humble readers will understand everything that you want us to know.
April 22, 2017
Slow
I didn't enjoy this book. It was slow. Pretty boring. Nothing special at all. I kept reading hoping it would get better but it didn't. I don't recommend this book.
I didn't enjoy this book. It was slow. Pretty boring. Nothing special at all. I kept reading hoping it would get better but it didn't. I don't recommend this book.
December 9, 2017
Hannah lives a quiet life. She works from home, rarely goes out and minds her own business. Then a new family moves in across the street. Something is going on in that house; Hannah isn’t sure what but starts to take an interest in what’s going on over there. Is the husband abusive to his wife? To his daughter? Everyone has secrets and Hannah just can’t let it rest and puts herself in the middle of it all creating all kinds of havoc but no one will take her seriously. And it seems Hannah has some secrets of her own.
This physiological thriller was a fast read. Good plot and story but I found it a little simple and the writing not really flowing for me. Nice twist, a little predictable but still good.
This physiological thriller was a fast read. Good plot and story but I found it a little simple and the writing not really flowing for me. Nice twist, a little predictable but still good.
February 17, 2021
Sarah Denzil always delivers. This is a short psychological thriller (just under 5 hours) but packs a lot in. Hannah lives a quiet life editing books from her home. When she gets new neighbours in the house opposite and sees their teenage daughter holding up a sign from her window saying HELP the police find nothing wrong so Hannah has to investigate herself.
This is quite a thought provoking book which had me asking myself what I would do in the same circumstances. The story is well written and we are drip fed snippets of info about Hannah and her neighbours, the Masons. There are some unexpected twists and I didn't guess the ending.
The narrator, Sophie McShera (Daisy from Downton Abbey) read with enthusiasm, making this a very enjoyable listen.
This is quite a thought provoking book which had me asking myself what I would do in the same circumstances. The story is well written and we are drip fed snippets of info about Hannah and her neighbours, the Masons. There are some unexpected twists and I didn't guess the ending.
The narrator, Sophie McShera (Daisy from Downton Abbey) read with enthusiasm, making this a very enjoyable listen.
October 27, 2022
This was the second Sarah Denzil book I have read & it was intriguing! I enjoyed the alternating point of views between the two main characters. Although the plot had much simplicity, the characters were well developed. If you are looking for a quick, easy to read, non taxing story with some added drama, this one is it.
February 16, 2019
3,5 stars
October 27, 2024
Sicuramente molto carino, poi la narratrice wow, quando fa la parte della bambina psicopatica mi fa rabbrividire, però non so manca un pizzico di qualcosa.
April 14, 2025
J’ai eu de la misère à arrêter de lire! J’ai bien aimé.
January 7, 2021
A moody thriller based around neighbours on a typical British street. All is not as it seems as we peer into others lives, this book proves sometimes it’s not worth delving into other people’s business and makes us look at ourselves as others may see us. Laura & Hannah are of similar age living opposite one another with incredibly different lives , they are both hiding from reality but for completely different reasons.
February 14, 2024
This story is all over the place. The characters are totally predictable. I am so sick of books about characters who have a tragedy in their past which is hinted at but not revealed until near the end of the book. It is almost invariably that the main character either was driving when a car accident occurred and she or he killed the entire family, or they were supposed to be watching a child but got distracted and the child drowned or fell off a cliff or whatever. Don't get me wrong, I have all the sympathy in the world for people who have had such tragedies actually happen to them in real life, but it has become a total cliche in books of this type. Somebody come up with something new, please. How about the main character was a former prostitute? I'd read that book. It would be interesting to see how the people around her (or him) would react when the truth came out.
But back to this book. Anyone who can't see almost from the very beginning just isn't paying attention. Yes, the other characters have their flaws, but their problems are pretty much the standard problems that many married couples have, and the main character's tragedy is described above (one of those tragedies is hers, not saying which).
The book was interesting enough to keep me reading straight through, and I finished it in a matter of a few hours, even flipping back and forth between the book and Facebook and a series I'm binge watching on Netflix. I really wouldn't recommend this book. There are other books of the same type that are far better.
But back to this book. Anyone who can't see almost from the very beginning just isn't paying attention. Yes, the other characters have their flaws, but their problems are pretty much the standard problems that many married couples have, and the main character's tragedy is described above (one of those tragedies is hers, not saying which).
The book was interesting enough to keep me reading straight through, and I finished it in a matter of a few hours, even flipping back and forth between the book and Facebook and a series I'm binge watching on Netflix. I really wouldn't recommend this book. There are other books of the same type that are far better.
August 28, 2016
Saving April is two sides to a story with chapters told by Hannah, Laura and then an unknown narrator who is living a troubling life in an unhappy family.
Hannah is an unreliable narrator, she's hiding from the world and watches the rest of her street live their lives. Why she hides in her house only time will tell...
Laura is working her backside off because her marriage is slowly falling apart as her husband wants to following his dream to be a personal trainer. Stuck in the middle is April, their withdrawn teenage daughter - is she the unnamed narrator or is that someone else?
The story is well told, making you question Hannah's motives. Does she know something about the Masons that's yet to be told? Why is she so protective of April? As the story develops and we learn more about the Masons and Hannah, the twists start to appear to and I began to doubt everything I'd learnt!
This is a cracking psychological thriller. It's not as dark and as twisted as some books I've read but there was plenty of intrigue to keep my attention. I discovered I have another book on my Kindle by the author, The Broken Ones. I'm looking forward to reading that one if Saving April is anything to go by!
Many thanks to Sarah A Denzil and CrimeBookJunkie Book Blog for giving me this ebook for me to review honestly.
Hannah is an unreliable narrator, she's hiding from the world and watches the rest of her street live their lives. Why she hides in her house only time will tell...
Laura is working her backside off because her marriage is slowly falling apart as her husband wants to following his dream to be a personal trainer. Stuck in the middle is April, their withdrawn teenage daughter - is she the unnamed narrator or is that someone else?
The story is well told, making you question Hannah's motives. Does she know something about the Masons that's yet to be told? Why is she so protective of April? As the story develops and we learn more about the Masons and Hannah, the twists start to appear to and I began to doubt everything I'd learnt!
This is a cracking psychological thriller. It's not as dark and as twisted as some books I've read but there was plenty of intrigue to keep my attention. I discovered I have another book on my Kindle by the author, The Broken Ones. I'm looking forward to reading that one if Saving April is anything to go by!
Many thanks to Sarah A Denzil and CrimeBookJunkie Book Blog for giving me this ebook for me to review honestly.
April 7, 2016
I found and voted for Saving April at Kindle Scout. I'm happy I did. I won't give any spoilers, but I will say I this story kept me in suspense, wondering who the villain really was. I recommend this book for readers who enjoy a good mystery and characters who have suffered but for the sake of humanity, and of right and wrong, would save another, or kill to punish those who wronged.
November 22, 2018
Is this her first book? So many plot holes and unbelievable characters.
November 26, 2020
Plot was predictable. The only saving grace for this audiobook was the pleasant narration. Sophie McSheras beautiful, regional accent was a joy to my ears!
2.5 for the story but 5 star reading.
2.5 for the story but 5 star reading.
May 1, 2025
Un bon thriller, pas trop long, mais avec quelques trucs un peu invraisemblables ici et là plus ça avance dans l’histoire.
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