Published by Twenty7
Publication Date: 4th May 2017 (paperback)
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Book Description:
Joe Lynch is just an ordinarily happily married man - until one split-second decision throws his life into crisis.
When Joe sees his wife having a confrontation with family friend Ben, it's the first hint that she's been lying to him - about everything. And when he steps in to protect her, a harmless shove knocks Ben to the ground. And he's not moving...
My Thoughts:
This book has been sitting on my shelf for some time now so when I was idly looking for something to read which I could properly lose myself in this one popped out. It's quite a chunk of a book at 498 pages which made me suspect there would be plenty going on. In some ways my suspicions were correct but in others the story felt a bit overly drawn-out. I did feel a little disappointed with the "big twist" in the tale but that could just be that in the 5 years since the book was published society is more accepting of changes in people's personal lives - struggling here to not give too much away plot-wise!!
Joe Lynch certainly goes through a lot of situations which he would not expect to as a regular husband, dad and stereotypical English teacher. The sight of his wife meeting up with another man in a hotel car park rocks his world, but that's just the start of it. The way the story progressed was cleverly written and certainly sent my mind on more than one wild goose chase. I felt for Joe as he battled to come to terms not only with the curve ball his wife had dealt him but the knock-on effect events at the car park seemed to be throwing his way. A law-abiding citizen all his life Joe is ill-equipped to deal with interviews with police officers and solicitors. How do you prove your innocence when all the evidence is pointing in the polar opposite direction? Who do you trust when the person who's supposed to have your back has just made you rethink your whole relationship?
The book was a success in that I didn't pre-empt the big reveal but as I said earlier I wasn't necessarily as shocked by it as maybe I would have done a few years ago. Some would say that Joe is quite a naive character but when you live a straightforward, honest life then you don't expect to get thrown into some of the situations Joe finds himself. I kind of felt sorry for him as all he craved was that simple, happy family life - it's not always a bad thing to keep things simple. It just doesn't make for an exciting page turner unfortunately.
About the Author:
TM Logan's thrillers have sold more than a million copies in the UK and been translated into 22 other languages for publication around the world.
His latest thriller, TRUST ME, begins when a woman is asked to look after a stranger's baby on a train – only for the mother to vanish. When she looks in the baby’s things, she finds a note that says: ‘Please protect Mia. Don’t trust the police. Don’t trust anyone.’
THE CURFEW, coming March 2022, follows the events of a hot midsummer's night, when five teenagers go up to the woods to celebrate the end of exams, and only four come out...
Tim's thriller THE HOLIDAY was a Richard & Judy Book Club pick and spent ten weeks in the Sunday Times paperback top ten. It has since won a Nielsen Bestseller Award and been made into a four-part TV drama with Jill Halfpenny for Channel 5.
A former national newspaper journalist, Tim lives in Nottinghamshire with his family and writes in a cabin at the bottom of his garden.
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