WOW and WOW again,I was so hooked in by this twist packed,roller coaster ride that I read the whole book in one day.
In the opening prologue Maggie is being led into a court room and we witness her enter her plea to a unknown crime.After that we slip back in time to the ICU of a hospital where we find Maggie just waking up after being in a coma.She eventually learns that she was involved in a accident,her ten year old daughter Elspeth is dead and Maggie's husband Sean has not been seen since the day of their daughter's funeral.Maggie is devastated by the news that her beloved daughter is dead but as time passes and contrary to what everyone else is insisting and the fact that Sean officially identified Elspeth`s body,Maggie starts to wonder if she is being lied to,that her daughter is still alive.After all Maggie is a mother and mothers can sense these things....right.As soon as she is released from the hospital Maggie begins a desperate search for the truth of what happened on that horrifying day.Maggie was a vivid,complex character who suffered from severe anxiety,a condition that I understand all too well.Throughout the story she takes the reader back into the past and tells us about her relashionships with Sean and Elspeth and her younger years.Although I felt a lot of sympathy for Maggie because of what she was going through and her anxiety issues,I also found some of her character traits frustrating,she occasionally came across as not very likeable.Interspersed throughout the book where italicized letters written by a young girl who was telling her mother how lonely and frightened she was and begging her mummy to please come and take her home.These letters where heart breaking and it was shocking how as the time passed,the tone of the letters and the child`s attitude towards her mummy changed.I loved the descriptions of Larkfields where Maggie,Sean and Elspeth used to live,the old gothic lodge house,the old mill stones and the peace,solitude and beauty of the downs.It was a lovely tranquil contrast to Maggie's chaotic,messed up feelings and thoughts.
This is a emotionally charged,twist packed tale of revenge,secrets,lies,manipulation and the sad fact that people don't really appreciate what they have got until it's gone.My anxiety levels went through the roof,I think I even forgot to breath at times as this well written,riveting story unfolded.This is definitely going to be one of my favourite reads of this year.
AUTHOR BIO
Nuala Ellwood moved to London in her twenties to pursue a career as a singer-songwriter, but ended up writing novels instead. She comes from a family of journalists, and they inspired her to get Arts Council funding to research and write a novel dealing with psychological trauma in the industry. My Sister's Bones is her debut thriller.
E-Book Publication Date : 25th January 2019
Paperback Publication Date : 21st February 2019
Publisher : Penguin Books UK
Genre : Psychological Thriller
PURCHASE LINK...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Day-Accident-Nuala-Ellwood-ebook/dp/B07BB86WXV/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
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