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Tick-Tock Trilogy #3
The Suicide Pact
Ex-detective Helen Brennan suffered the worst tragedy any parent could possibly imagine.
And now - after overhearing a telephone call she shouldn’t have - she’s out to stop two teenage girls from doing what her son Scott did twenty years ago.
Ingrid and Ciara are only thirteen. But they’ve already decided they hate their lives.
They’re being bullied at school and they feel their parents are more interested in themselves than their own children.
So they’ve made a pact: tonight, at midnight, they’re going to end it all. And nobody will be able to stop them. Unless, of course, Helen can make sense of the phone call she overheard.
But she doesn’t have long…..
She only has until midnight.
And the clock is ticking!
And now - after overhearing a telephone call she shouldn’t have - she’s out to stop two teenage girls from doing what her son Scott did twenty years ago.
Ingrid and Ciara are only thirteen. But they’ve already decided they hate their lives.
They’re being bullied at school and they feel their parents are more interested in themselves than their own children.
So they’ve made a pact: tonight, at midnight, they’re going to end it all. And nobody will be able to stop them. Unless, of course, Helen can make sense of the phone call she overheard.
But she doesn’t have long…..
She only has until midnight.
And the clock is ticking!
326 pages, Paperback
Published March 1, 2022
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David B. Lyons
25 books141 followersDavid B. Lyons is an international bestselling author from Dublin, Ireland
He writes psychological thriller novels and has achieved No.1 rankings in the Amazon crime charts in Ireland, the UK, Canada and Australia.
Former freelance journalist David grew up in Dublin - the city his novels are set - but currently spends his time between Birmingham in the UK and the Irish capital. David is married to a Brummie, Kerry, and they have one daughter, Lola.
Before becoming a novelist David was a football writer, a celebrity columnist and a music reviewer. He has lectured in Journalism and in Creative Writing in colleges and universities in both Ireland and in the UK.
You can connect with David here:
Website: TheOpenAuthor.com
Twitter: @TheOpenAuthor
Facebook: www.facebook.com/AuthorDavidBLyons/
He writes psychological thriller novels and has achieved No.1 rankings in the Amazon crime charts in Ireland, the UK, Canada and Australia.
Former freelance journalist David grew up in Dublin - the city his novels are set - but currently spends his time between Birmingham in the UK and the Irish capital. David is married to a Brummie, Kerry, and they have one daughter, Lola.
Before becoming a novelist David was a football writer, a celebrity columnist and a music reviewer. He has lectured in Journalism and in Creative Writing in colleges and universities in both Ireland and in the UK.
You can connect with David here:
Website: TheOpenAuthor.com
Twitter: @TheOpenAuthor
Facebook: www.facebook.com/AuthorDavidBLyons/
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August 31, 2019
I read Whatever Happened to Betsy Blake? by this author, earlier this year and it went straight to my number one spot for 2019. I have just found my second place.
As soon as I opened this book the clock was ticking and a count down began. It is 19:00. Two 13-year-old girls, best friends that should have been meeting to talk about pop stars and cute boys were meeting to discuss the route they should take to say goodbye to people that had meant something special in their lives. At midnight Ciara and Ingrid planned to kill themselves in a suicide pact.
I wanted to stop time and never get to the end of this book.
Helen had been a good detective but when her son committed suicide 22 years ago without any warning, no note and no good-byes, it broke her. The only role she has now is clerical, ok still at the police station but more for her husband Eddie to keep an eye on her from his office. When an anonymous call comes in from a young lad saying he overheard two girls were going to kill themselves that night he hangs up and doesn’t leave his name or theirs. Her husband believes none of it, a hoax to cover something bigger going down that night so all resources and officers are put on finding out what.
Helen overhears that another local police station also got the call and decides not to head home, as her husband thinks she has, but to head over to the other station. She finds a familiar story there too, not taken serious but at least one uniform newbie has been put on it. She introduces herself as a detective and this nieve young constable and rusty ex-detective head to the streets for any leads they can find.
What an incredible journey. In each chapter that the girls were in I wanted to reach in my hand and pull them from the pages, keep them safe, let them see how people felt about them on the pages they couldn’t see. I wanted to praise their doubts let them know they mattered. David Lyons brought these girls to life, it seemed quite petty, their reasons why they were doing this, but it is sort of a wake-up call. How they felt was real, these were the things that mattered to them at just 13, the biggest problems they could have, rejection, being bullied and feeling like you don’t matter. But no-one saw it.
The tension was incredible as I got further in the story, the clock ticking down, Helen and the PC piecing it all together and the incredible calmness of parents that were unaware of just how much danger their children were in. My mind whirled with emotion. Timing is everything, Helen wasn’t just saving these girls she was saving herself and saving the families going through what she had this last 22 years.
Outstanding!!! Truly outstanding!!!! Read this, Read Betsy. Now I must go to the beginning and read Midday perhaps my number three read this year. I will let you know. Oh boy, these books aren’t memorable they are unforgettable!!!!!
As soon as I opened this book the clock was ticking and a count down began. It is 19:00. Two 13-year-old girls, best friends that should have been meeting to talk about pop stars and cute boys were meeting to discuss the route they should take to say goodbye to people that had meant something special in their lives. At midnight Ciara and Ingrid planned to kill themselves in a suicide pact.
I wanted to stop time and never get to the end of this book.
Helen had been a good detective but when her son committed suicide 22 years ago without any warning, no note and no good-byes, it broke her. The only role she has now is clerical, ok still at the police station but more for her husband Eddie to keep an eye on her from his office. When an anonymous call comes in from a young lad saying he overheard two girls were going to kill themselves that night he hangs up and doesn’t leave his name or theirs. Her husband believes none of it, a hoax to cover something bigger going down that night so all resources and officers are put on finding out what.
Helen overhears that another local police station also got the call and decides not to head home, as her husband thinks she has, but to head over to the other station. She finds a familiar story there too, not taken serious but at least one uniform newbie has been put on it. She introduces herself as a detective and this nieve young constable and rusty ex-detective head to the streets for any leads they can find.
What an incredible journey. In each chapter that the girls were in I wanted to reach in my hand and pull them from the pages, keep them safe, let them see how people felt about them on the pages they couldn’t see. I wanted to praise their doubts let them know they mattered. David Lyons brought these girls to life, it seemed quite petty, their reasons why they were doing this, but it is sort of a wake-up call. How they felt was real, these were the things that mattered to them at just 13, the biggest problems they could have, rejection, being bullied and feeling like you don’t matter. But no-one saw it.
The tension was incredible as I got further in the story, the clock ticking down, Helen and the PC piecing it all together and the incredible calmness of parents that were unaware of just how much danger their children were in. My mind whirled with emotion. Timing is everything, Helen wasn’t just saving these girls she was saving herself and saving the families going through what she had this last 22 years.
Outstanding!!! Truly outstanding!!!! Read this, Read Betsy. Now I must go to the beginning and read Midday perhaps my number three read this year. I will let you know. Oh boy, these books aren’t memorable they are unforgettable!!!!!
December 22, 2019
I'll be quite honest, I think I need time to digest this.
I 100% was not expecting that ending, if infact the ending was what I was think it was.
David, you've got me all discombobulated.
I 100% was not expecting that ending, if infact the ending was what I was think it was.
David, you've got me all discombobulated.
January 13, 2020
Another 5 star read from this author another great twist highly recommend this book
October 28, 2019
I enjoyed this book and praise LYONS for writing about a very difficult subject. The reader is kept guessing throughout the novel as to whether the suicide pact is going to be carried out, and I was willing Helen to prove her colleagues wrong and save Ingrid and Ciara. Helen is a character that you sometimes find yourself cringing at for her questionable decisions, but her motives are endearing and you can feel yourself chasing the clock with her. When it comes to reading the perspectives of the two girls, Lyons clearly emersed himself into the mind of a teenager in order to create the foreboding emotions these characters were experiencing, causing me as the reader to share their emotions.
The ending was unexpected and it took a couple of minutes for me to get that "lightbulb" moment. I initially read the big reveal/twist with the understanding that Helen was looking at the spot where her son had jumped 22 years previous, and was just seconds too late in the present day as Ciara and Ingrid are revealed by the narrator as having jumped too. I wondered why there was no real reaction to the confirmation that the two girls had carried out their suicide pact, and thought it might be because Helen could not see them from the height she was standing at. I assumed that the part where Helen and her husband go back to the car and Helen is shocked, was when Helen sees the bodies and realises she was right all along. As it's actually Helen's reaction to the damaged car, I ended the book and had to think back over the last couple of pages I had just read. It was then that I realised Ciara and Ingrid were the friends who had jumped with Scott, and that Scott was Stitch. It was a good twist, and answered my pondering as to why Helen's chapters were not time stamped.
I was also impressed with the inclusion of the character Alan Keating, who crosses over with the novel "Whatever Happened to Besty Blake (WHTBB) ." This was a nice touch to intertwine the stories together.
I have now watched LYONS video where he reveals his clues throughout this story, and I would advise all readers to watch it. As I have previously said in my review of WHTBB, LYONS is an incredibly talented and intelligent author. Whilst I was a little slow to recognise the number of hints which portray two different era's, now that I have been made aware I admire the thought that has gone in to this book and how each detail was constructed. It must have been a real challenge to subtly help the reader anticipate the twist whilst still maintaining the suspense. I would recommend this book to others, but WHTBB is still my number 1 LYONS novel!
The ending was unexpected and it took a couple of minutes for me to get that "lightbulb" moment. I initially read the big reveal/twist with the understanding that Helen was looking at the spot where her son had jumped 22 years previous, and was just seconds too late in the present day as Ciara and Ingrid are revealed by the narrator as having jumped too. I wondered why there was no real reaction to the confirmation that the two girls had carried out their suicide pact, and thought it might be because Helen could not see them from the height she was standing at. I assumed that the part where Helen and her husband go back to the car and Helen is shocked, was when Helen sees the bodies and realises she was right all along. As it's actually Helen's reaction to the damaged car, I ended the book and had to think back over the last couple of pages I had just read. It was then that I realised Ciara and Ingrid were the friends who had jumped with Scott, and that Scott was Stitch. It was a good twist, and answered my pondering as to why Helen's chapters were not time stamped.
I was also impressed with the inclusion of the character Alan Keating, who crosses over with the novel "Whatever Happened to Besty Blake (WHTBB) ." This was a nice touch to intertwine the stories together.
I have now watched LYONS video where he reveals his clues throughout this story, and I would advise all readers to watch it. As I have previously said in my review of WHTBB, LYONS is an incredibly talented and intelligent author. Whilst I was a little slow to recognise the number of hints which portray two different era's, now that I have been made aware I admire the thought that has gone in to this book and how each detail was constructed. It must have been a real challenge to subtly help the reader anticipate the twist whilst still maintaining the suspense. I would recommend this book to others, but WHTBB is still my number 1 LYONS novel!
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September 2, 2019
My favourite author is back with yet again thrilling read!!!
David was kind enough to contact me again with this new gem for beta-reading and I am so honoured and blessed to be a small part in the making of a book.
The Suicide Pact feels more personal than the first two books written by the author. It is raw and painful. Well, it'll atleast make you wonder what drives a person to thinking of ending their lives and how come the loved ones never understood or noticed something's off.
In this story, we follow two girls, Ingrid and Ciara, who are on their way to end their lives. On the other hand we have Helen, a former detective, who is pulled back to the darkest days of her life when she hears this news and is determined to stop the girls.
Just like the author's other books, Midday and Whatever Happened to Betsy Blake?, The Suicide Pact is also a time bound thriller which will keep you at the edge of your seat. As a reader, I was continuously worried about the girls and wanted Helen to hurry up. Every page is full of suspense and there are twists and obstacles at every turn, keeping you glued to the book. I couldn't read as fast as I would have wanted to to reach the end and know what happens. And the end, Jesus Christ, just took my breath away. I went completely numb. I have to read it again to make sure I read it correctly. I even contacted David, asking if I got it right. How can an ending be so painful yet loving, I don't understand. Even Whatever Happened to Betsy Blake? has this quality.
The Suicide Pact is raw, personal, heart-wrenching, heart-thumping psychological thriller everyone must read!
Thank you to author David B Lyons for sending me an ebook!
David was kind enough to contact me again with this new gem for beta-reading and I am so honoured and blessed to be a small part in the making of a book.
The Suicide Pact feels more personal than the first two books written by the author. It is raw and painful. Well, it'll atleast make you wonder what drives a person to thinking of ending their lives and how come the loved ones never understood or noticed something's off.
In this story, we follow two girls, Ingrid and Ciara, who are on their way to end their lives. On the other hand we have Helen, a former detective, who is pulled back to the darkest days of her life when she hears this news and is determined to stop the girls.
Just like the author's other books, Midday and Whatever Happened to Betsy Blake?, The Suicide Pact is also a time bound thriller which will keep you at the edge of your seat. As a reader, I was continuously worried about the girls and wanted Helen to hurry up. Every page is full of suspense and there are twists and obstacles at every turn, keeping you glued to the book. I couldn't read as fast as I would have wanted to to reach the end and know what happens. And the end, Jesus Christ, just took my breath away. I went completely numb. I have to read it again to make sure I read it correctly. I even contacted David, asking if I got it right. How can an ending be so painful yet loving, I don't understand. Even Whatever Happened to Betsy Blake? has this quality.
The Suicide Pact is raw, personal, heart-wrenching, heart-thumping psychological thriller everyone must read!
Thank you to author David B Lyons for sending me an ebook!
January 14, 2020
Another outstanding read from my new favourite author. After reading Betsy Blake I wasn’t sure another book could compete with that as it was my best read of last year. HOWEVER suicide pact kept me guessing until the last pages. I wanted to jump in the book and cuddle those girls at times! Well done Mr Lyons 😬
March 11, 2021
Fantastic read
This is a new author to me and this book is amazing. Kept me turning those pages as the story built and built. Fantastic ending which I totally didn't see coming. Really enjoyed and it's a must to all readers.
This is a new author to me and this book is amazing. Kept me turning those pages as the story built and built. Fantastic ending which I totally didn't see coming. Really enjoyed and it's a must to all readers.
September 2, 2019
Two thirteen year old girls Ciara and Ingrid have had enough of life and decide to make a pact. One that will end their lives. One of them has been feeling this way for two years. The other one took a little longer but also has decided that she wants to end her life. They have been overheard at school and the person calls it into the police. The police have had fake calls before but this time think it is a known criminal giving them a distraction whilst he pulls off something else. Detective Helen Brennan having had a personal experience of suicide takes this rather more seriously. We get hints that she may not be officially on the force but works this in her “off duty” time with a young uniform Charlie who would love to be a detective to escape the boredom of his desk and menial work that he is given. As ever David builds the tension between the pages and early on you feel for the girls. Only thirteen and having had enough of life? A premise that sadly rings true in some cases and a delicate subject dealt with very professionally and sensitively. There are wonderful relationships, similar but different, between the two pairs. Ciara and Ingrid have been friends for a long time and trust each other to a point. Part of their pact is not to ask each other if they still want to go through with it but can’t help reassuring each other each time of them waivers. The relationship between Helen and Charlie as they get to know each other in a few sparse frantic hours is brilliant. The camaraderie, the trust between two fellow professionals but a special something else that David gets across brilliantly. Oh! Be still my beating heart- the ending. I won’t spoil anything other than to say boy- I didn’t see that coming. A stunningly clever, very well thought out plot, wonderful characters and a book to remember for a long time. I have my own 5** award for those books that have that extra special quality-about 10% of what I read each year (around 220 books in total). This one deserves it in spades. Wow, just wow!
January 5, 2020
Brilliant
This is an amazing book. The central story alternates between two teenagers, Ingrid and Ciara, who are planning to commit suicide together. The book follows their last evening, visiting people they care for, and travelling to their designated suicide spot. Running alongside that is the story of a former detective, Helen, who lost her own son to suicide and is determined to stop it happening again. She doesn't have a lot of information to go on, just a phone call to the police station where her husband still works, but she manages to bluff her way onto the investigation. Helen is my favourite person in the book, although all three main characters are written very well. The book keeps a good pace of suspense throughout, it kept me guessing at the outcome right until the end. Recommended.
This is an amazing book. The central story alternates between two teenagers, Ingrid and Ciara, who are planning to commit suicide together. The book follows their last evening, visiting people they care for, and travelling to their designated suicide spot. Running alongside that is the story of a former detective, Helen, who lost her own son to suicide and is determined to stop it happening again. She doesn't have a lot of information to go on, just a phone call to the police station where her husband still works, but she manages to bluff her way onto the investigation. Helen is my favourite person in the book, although all three main characters are written very well. The book keeps a good pace of suspense throughout, it kept me guessing at the outcome right until the end. Recommended.
December 30, 2020
Hands down, 5 stars.
Again Lyons delivers as he does in the end of “The Curious case of Faith and Grace.” I devoured this book in less than 24 hours. Love the characters, love the way he paints the whole story- love the ending. Must read!
Again Lyons delivers as he does in the end of “The Curious case of Faith and Grace.” I devoured this book in less than 24 hours. Love the characters, love the way he paints the whole story- love the ending. Must read!
March 30, 2021
I read this after reading the first two in the trilogy, to say I was disappointed after the fast pace and intriguing narrative of the first two would be quite an understatement.
The first two kept the pace going with each character seeing the story from their own perspective, which was an interesting way of relating the action to the reader.
Now on to this one, the third in the series of countdown tales. It just didn't make the grade for me, I found it quite repetitive at times, with several chapters starting by simply repeating the last page of the previous one.
The story is based around two young girls who make a suicide pact, and intend to end their lives at midnight after visiting three people to say their goodbyes without actually saying goodbye to them.
The police get wind of it via a mysterious phone call, but they put it down to a hoax call as they are expecting a local crime lord to carry out a big heist having previously sent the police on a wild goose chases in the past to keep them busy. So they disregarded it, all except the lady at the back of the briefing.
Enter the hero of the day who sets out with a rookie uniformed cop to find and stop them to help appease a tragedy from her past. I won't go into the story in depth as some readers seem to do for some reason?
For me the story just seemed to drag along and didn't really keep me that gripped like the first two, mainly because the story just kept going over old ground far too much, with the girls deciding whether they really wanted to carry out their terrible pact or not and the woman desperately on their tails spiralling further into desperation, who for me was rather an unbelievable character from the start.
Any novel where the author thinks they need to put a link video at the end (which I cannot comment on because I haven't watched it) to explain their story, is to me just lazy writing. If they haven't fully explained the story why bother writing the novel? Or it could be seen as a type of smugness, "ha, fooled you, now here's what you should've seen."
Although its not a whodunit, can you imagine the great story tellers of past crime fiction etc having to feel the need of filming themselves because they just were to lazy to fully get the story across?
All in all its an dry and disappointing end to the trilogy, bear in mind that's my opinion. Having seen the mainly glowing reviews on here I am quite obviously very much in the minority. Maybe its because I lost empathy for the main characters as the tale wore on, or maybe it became quite clear where the story was heading at the point you find about the heros past?
You may not agree with my review. But like belly buttons we all have one, however no two are the same!
The first two kept the pace going with each character seeing the story from their own perspective, which was an interesting way of relating the action to the reader.
Now on to this one, the third in the series of countdown tales. It just didn't make the grade for me, I found it quite repetitive at times, with several chapters starting by simply repeating the last page of the previous one.
The story is based around two young girls who make a suicide pact, and intend to end their lives at midnight after visiting three people to say their goodbyes without actually saying goodbye to them.
The police get wind of it via a mysterious phone call, but they put it down to a hoax call as they are expecting a local crime lord to carry out a big heist having previously sent the police on a wild goose chases in the past to keep them busy. So they disregarded it, all except the lady at the back of the briefing.
Enter the hero of the day who sets out with a rookie uniformed cop to find and stop them to help appease a tragedy from her past. I won't go into the story in depth as some readers seem to do for some reason?
For me the story just seemed to drag along and didn't really keep me that gripped like the first two, mainly because the story just kept going over old ground far too much, with the girls deciding whether they really wanted to carry out their terrible pact or not and the woman desperately on their tails spiralling further into desperation, who for me was rather an unbelievable character from the start.
Any novel where the author thinks they need to put a link video at the end (which I cannot comment on because I haven't watched it) to explain their story, is to me just lazy writing. If they haven't fully explained the story why bother writing the novel? Or it could be seen as a type of smugness, "ha, fooled you, now here's what you should've seen."
Although its not a whodunit, can you imagine the great story tellers of past crime fiction etc having to feel the need of filming themselves because they just were to lazy to fully get the story across?
All in all its an dry and disappointing end to the trilogy, bear in mind that's my opinion. Having seen the mainly glowing reviews on here I am quite obviously very much in the minority. Maybe its because I lost empathy for the main characters as the tale wore on, or maybe it became quite clear where the story was heading at the point you find about the heros past?
You may not agree with my review. But like belly buttons we all have one, however no two are the same!
May 11, 2021
Ingrid and Ciara are thirteen year old best friends, in fact, they really are the only friends each other have. Ciara has been struggling with her mental health long term; life often feels hopeless and hard. Ingrid seems to have a brighter tone but had a horrible interaction with Stitch, a young man, at a party. Ingrid and Ciara had a chat; life seems a bit shit so they made a pact - they were going to kill themselves. Commit suicide together. They wrote their pact, their plan and the deal was they had to enact their plan and not discuss the pact further. As part of the pact Ingrid had decided that they should go and say goodbye to a group of people. Obviously, those people wouldn't know they were saying, 'goodbye' but they wanted to meet them. So, we followed Ingrid and Ciara on their bus trip saying good bye, to their parents (Ciara hated her parents - didn't think they'd notice or care anyway), a teacher, a child carer, a cousin - and all without them knowing what the girls' visit was really about. Meanwhile, in two local police stations phone calls are received, anonymously, to say that two young girls are going to commit suicide that evening. Most of the police force thinks it's a decoy - to take police work away from a more serious crime that is going to be committed but Helen is convinced, - she needs to save these girls. She works the parochial police station, she used to be a detective so goes to the more central police station, picks up a junior PO who presumes Helen's a detective and off they go - to track down the two girls. Things are rather close to home; Helen's son, Scott, died by suicide about twenty years ago, and Helen has to protect these girls as she couldn't save Scott. Really great book.
October 8, 2019
Brilliant and very moving
A great read, very insightful into the teenage mind and things that matter so much as a young teenager. You feel transported back in time to your own teenage years and how that makes you who you are today. Anyone who works with young people, in the field of mental health will find this a very moving book which stays with you.
A great read, very insightful into the teenage mind and things that matter so much as a young teenager. You feel transported back in time to your own teenage years and how that makes you who you are today. Anyone who works with young people, in the field of mental health will find this a very moving book which stays with you.
January 7, 2020
Wow
This book has blown me away. Covers mental health, teenage angst, depression and obviously suicide in such a clever, sensitive way.A fantastic read and now I’ve seen the authors video about the twists I could kick myself! Highly recommend.
This book has blown me away. Covers mental health, teenage angst, depression and obviously suicide in such a clever, sensitive way.A fantastic read and now I’ve seen the authors video about the twists I could kick myself! Highly recommend.
September 10, 2019
A fitting way to complete an amazing trilogy!!
Gripping, emotional and the usual shocking twist. Do yourself a favour and Google The Tick-Tock Trilogy.
Loved every minute of it!!
Gripping, emotional and the usual shocking twist. Do yourself a favour and Google The Tick-Tock Trilogy.
Loved every minute of it!!
October 1, 2019
The third book and my third read from the brilliant David B. Lyons kept me gripped as usual! A delicate subject, handled with care, and a didn’t see it coming ending too. Looking forward to number 4.
January 16, 2020
A compelling read. Just had to follow through with this book as I had to know the outcome. The time limit certainly added tension to the read
January 27, 2020
Second book Iv read by this author this year, really enjoyed it, an easy read with another great twist.
February 8, 2024
All I can say is “WOW”. My brain the last few pages was on overdrive-what??? As my brain scrambled to sort it all out, I experienced an elation that is difficult to describe. I was going full throttle at the end and then was hit by an incoming train!! What an incredible story told by a masterful author. I have read numerous of his books now, but his twists rock my existence. I never see them coming , but each time the clues were there! Never far fetched, always so plausible. What a pleasure to read!!!
January 11, 2024
I Really Hate Trick Endigs
I enjoyed the book even though it was a difficult subject matter. I gotta say that the Helen story arc was a little annoying so I didn’t feel very invested in that part. I cared much more for the girls, the preported main characters. The fact that the story ended so abruptly was very disappointing in that it was both very ambiguous and did not address the aftermath which seemed to leave a big hole in the story.
I enjoyed the book even though it was a difficult subject matter. I gotta say that the Helen story arc was a little annoying so I didn’t feel very invested in that part. I cared much more for the girls, the preported main characters. The fact that the story ended so abruptly was very disappointing in that it was both very ambiguous and did not address the aftermath which seemed to leave a big hole in the story.
May 23, 2023
Good read
I enjoyed reading this book until it got to the end chapter .
The story should have gone a bit further on after the suicide.
To me it sounded more like a happy ending g for Helen where she wasn't the main character.
The 2 girls were and it was just bit of a weird way to end
Apart from that a good read
I enjoyed reading this book until it got to the end chapter .
The story should have gone a bit further on after the suicide.
To me it sounded more like a happy ending g for Helen where she wasn't the main character.
The 2 girls were and it was just bit of a weird way to end
Apart from that a good read
January 15, 2020
Another great book by David b lyons fantastic
March 25, 2022
Maybe more like a 3.5. Keeps your interest, but isn't the best book I've ever read.
February 19, 2023
Expect to be surprised
I was so caught up with story and the characters that I almost most dreaded the ending. WTF, truly!
On to the video.
I was so caught up with story and the characters that I almost most dreaded the ending. WTF, truly!
On to the video.
May 2, 2023
So good I read it in less than 24 hrs.
March 4, 2025
I did not see the twist coming at all!! Good read! Kept me wanting to read to see what would happen. My jaw dropped!
July 5, 2025
Wow!!! I did not see that coming! There were clues all over the place and I didn’t see them!! Brilliant! A real page-turner…..with a cracking twist at the end!
October 5, 2025
Great read and I never saw the twist at the end coming. Had to recap just to make sure I’d read it correctly! Best of the Tick Tock trilogy in my opinion.
December 10, 2025
amazing read
January 21, 2022
Book 3 - The Suicide Pact:
Two best friends, Ciara and Ingrid aged thirteen who have been bullied at school and resent their home lives have both made a suicide pact which they mean to carry out by midnight. They both say goodbye in a discreet way to their loved ones before setting out on their suicide mission.
Former Detective Helen Brennan overhears a phone call about two girls who have made a suicide pact and she is on a mission to try and stop them before it is too late.
The ending was something I had to get my head round. I have had to message David to explain as I do not know if this was the right scenario or not.
Two best friends, Ciara and Ingrid aged thirteen who have been bullied at school and resent their home lives have both made a suicide pact which they mean to carry out by midnight. They both say goodbye in a discreet way to their loved ones before setting out on their suicide mission.
Former Detective Helen Brennan overhears a phone call about two girls who have made a suicide pact and she is on a mission to try and stop them before it is too late.
The ending was something I had to get my head round. I have had to message David to explain as I do not know if this was the right scenario or not.
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