Is murder forgivable if it is committed to save your child?
Radio presenter Anna Graves and her young daughter are on the beach when they are attacked by a crazed teenage boy,acting on parental instinct Anna strikes back,injuring the boy in a way that results in his death.At first the police believe she acted in self defence but when the autopsy results come back something shocking is revealed after which because of one shocking moment Anna's life starts to fall apart.As if a murder charge hanging over her isn't bad enough Anna starts receiving messages from the Ophilia Killer,a person who was responsible for the murder of a number of teenage boys twenty years before.With the media building up a frenzy of hatred towards her,friends deserting her and the detective in charge of the case doing everything in his power to prove that she is guilty of murder, will Anna be able to hold everything together and prove her innocence?,if she is as innocent as she claims.
The story is told mostly by Anna with a few chapters voiced by the killer from twenty years ago.At first I didn't like Anna because she came across as a bit of a snob but as the story unfolded she began to realise that her attitude and perceptions of certain people around her had been wrong,especially how she had looked down on the people from the poor area called the Docklands which was where the teenager she killed and also the murdered boys were from.There is a mixture of colourful characters in the story,some likeable some not so likeable.One character who really annoyed me was Detective Morgan ,he was one of the annoying detectives you get in far too many thrillers who decide that someone is guilty and are not interested in anything that goes against what they believe is the truth and they never get reprimanded or demoted at the end of the story.Sometimes when there is a character like that it can put me off and I can't finish the book but the story was so gripping and intriguing I decided to just ignore him and finish the book.
It's a gripping story,packed with twists and a major OMG moment towards the end,it's also a story that shows how easily the press can twist things into how they want things to appear and about not judging people by where they live or by other people's opinions.The ending was a bit too happily ever after for me but it didn't spoil my enjoyment of the book.
Radio presenter Anna Graves and her young daughter are on the beach when they are attacked by a crazed teenage boy,acting on parental instinct Anna strikes back,injuring the boy in a way that results in his death.At first the police believe she acted in self defence but when the autopsy results come back something shocking is revealed after which because of one shocking moment Anna's life starts to fall apart.As if a murder charge hanging over her isn't bad enough Anna starts receiving messages from the Ophilia Killer,a person who was responsible for the murder of a number of teenage boys twenty years before.With the media building up a frenzy of hatred towards her,friends deserting her and the detective in charge of the case doing everything in his power to prove that she is guilty of murder, will Anna be able to hold everything together and prove her innocence?,if she is as innocent as she claims.
The story is told mostly by Anna with a few chapters voiced by the killer from twenty years ago.At first I didn't like Anna because she came across as a bit of a snob but as the story unfolded she began to realise that her attitude and perceptions of certain people around her had been wrong,especially how she had looked down on the people from the poor area called the Docklands which was where the teenager she killed and also the murdered boys were from.There is a mixture of colourful characters in the story,some likeable some not so likeable.One character who really annoyed me was Detective Morgan ,he was one of the annoying detectives you get in far too many thrillers who decide that someone is guilty and are not interested in anything that goes against what they believe is the truth and they never get reprimanded or demoted at the end of the story.Sometimes when there is a character like that it can put me off and I can't finish the book but the story was so gripping and intriguing I decided to just ignore him and finish the book.
It's a gripping story,packed with twists and a major OMG moment towards the end,it's also a story that shows how easily the press can twist things into how they want things to appear and about not judging people by where they live or by other people's opinions.The ending was a bit too happily ever after for me but it didn't spoil my enjoyment of the book.
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