Clever book, both myself, mum and friend enjoyed the twists in the book. Having been a fan of Sophie McKenzie’s children and young adult books was very intrigued by this, her second adult book and it did not disappoint! Keeping for Daffodil-2 when we meet soon.

Given to me today by Emscott10 when we met up for a chat and bookswap. Thanks- will fit this into one of Plum-Crazy's themes asap.

REVIEW;-"I managed to get to the end of this book but it was a struggle at times. I felt there were a few too many characters, sub-plots and red herrings. Also I can't believe that anyone would name their agency Honey Hearts and expect to be taken seriously. The final scenes were a little far-fetched too so I may not be in a rush to read more by this author."

This book was left in the waiting area of the outpatients plastic surgery department on a table with some magazines.


To the finder:-
Welcome to bookcrossing -you have found a travelling book. Please make a journal entry now to say where you found the book in case it has been moved. Then, when you have read it, please come back and make a further entry saying whether or not you enjoyed the book and why. It is now yours to do as you like with it, pass it to a friend or just leave it somewhere different for someone else to find and help it with its' journey. Of course if you can't bear to part with it at the moment then keep it, but please let me know that you have found it. If you join bookcrossing, which is free and spam-free, you can follow the book on its' travels as you will get an email each time it changes hands, but if you prefer to remain anonymous, that's fine too. Please also say what you intend to do with the book next. Thanks for coming onto the site to let me know you have found the book.

I already have books travelling in many countries around the world-a list can be found on my bookcrossing profile.

When re-releasing this book please be aware that airports are not a good place to leave books unless they have a specific book exchange shelf or area, due to security problems, so they may well just be disposed of. Also charity shops may well discard books that have been labelled in any way and they mostly chose only the books in the very best condition
to place on their shelves and discard the rest-so another bad release option.

This has just been donated to the Oxfam on Magdalen Street. I sort the books and will liberate it. I'm supposed to be pricing the antiquarian ones, but I'm actually leaving this journal entry.

Everyone was panic-buying and I was jealous and thought I’d have a panic-read instead. I didn’t want to be stuck in the house with something nasty and be in the middle of heavy non-fiction. I didn’t get ill, but I did enjoy this book.

It strikes me that the main theme is the past. I liked its being in the present tense so there’s a real sense of immediacy as I hurtled towards a confrontation you know must come.

Not without flaws. I found the inserts from the killer’s diary unconvincing. And it wasn't so much the name of the detective agency that I found unbelievable, but that ridiculous scene where it turns out they keeps their clients’ personal details just laying about for anyone to read.

What I think really makes the book work is how normal and unexceptional the narrator is. You might say dull, but it’s that grounding in a suburban mind that let me make allowances for anything far-fetched.

I managed to guess the killer, but there are plenty of good red-herrings along the way.

In the magazine rack.