BOOK DESCRIPTION
She takes the same train every day. But this is a journey she’ll never forget.
Amanda is a hardworking single mum, completely focused on her job and her daughter, Louise. She’s been saving for years and now, finally, she can afford to give up work and chase her dream.
But then, on her commute home from London to Brighton, she meets a charming stranger - who seems to know everything about her.
He delivers an ultimatum . She needs to give him the code for the safe where she keeps her savings before the train reaches Brighton - or she’ll never see Louise again.
Convinced that the threat is real, Amanda is stunned, horrified. She knows she should give him the code, but she can’t. Because she also knows there is a terrible secret in that safe which will destroy her life and Louise’s too…
The Passenger – the stunning psychological thriller with a nerve-shredding climax. Perfect for fans of Mark Edwards, K.L. Slater, Miranda Rijks.
Many humans are creatures of routine, they generally wake up,leave their place of residence to travel to work,travel home afterwards and go to bed at the same time,every day. There might be the odd deviation to that routine but generally,they live by the same routine,day in,day out, year after year. They spend their time so caught in their plans for that day or trying to decide how they are going to spend their evening that they don't stop and take into consideration how easy they are making the life a unseen enemy. Someone who has been observing their routine and patiently waiting for the perfect opportunity to put their meticulously plotted plans into action.
Amanda is one of those creatures of habit,every work day she catches the 7.40 train from Brighton to London and in the evening she catches the 17.35 train for the return journey back to the tiny flat that she shares with her daughter Louise. But Amanda has plans to escape the daily rat race,she has always wanted to be a author and every evening she uses the hour journey home to catch up with her writing. Only this evening is going to be anything but routine because as she settles into her seat and prepares to start work,she is drawn into a conversation with the handsome stranger who is sitting in the seat opposite her. A stranger who informs her that Louise is being held captive by his accomplice and if Amanda doesn't give them the code to her safe then she will never see her daughter again. Amanda feels as if she is trapped in the plot for a action thriller or film but Liam Neeson (mmm, Liam Neeson, sorry I got a bit distracted there,back to the review) isn't going to burst into the train carriage and come to her rescue. She is going to have to use all her wit and ingenuity to get herself out of this situation. Because Amanda is harbouring secrets and there is no way in hell that she will be giving these men the code to her safe.
The chapters of this gripping thriller alternated between the perspectives of Amanda,Louise,Stranger and his accomplice James,each of whom had their own unique personalities and character traits and three of whom I thought were not very likeable for various reasons. I think that many readers will label Louise a brat but I could fully understand her feelings and behaviour and I found it easy to understand how she was so easily manipulated by her captor, I think she had been feeling unloved and neglected for a long time and was trying to get the attention that she didn't get from Amanda. I really couldn't understand why Amanda refused to help Louise fulfil her dream of travelling by giving her daughter some money especially considering how much was actually in the safe. Amanda had spent years doing everything in her power to fulfil her own dream and I thought she came across as a very selfish individual. I know that she had been hurt in the past but when you took her thoughts and actions into consideration,her motives weren't really all that different to the stranger and James.
The Passenger is a addictive psychological thriller that rockets along faster that the train on which most of the story is set. It's a fast paced,well written roller coaster ride that had me hooked in from the opening,shocking prologue and glued to my kindle. I would have read the whole book in one sitting but my old eyes had other ideas. I would love to watch a film adaptation of this brilliant book, maybe Liam Neeson could play the part of the Stranger. I really really enjoyed this gripping thriller, I think it's worth all the stars and more and very very highly recommended.
About Daniel Hurst:
Daniel Hurst writes psychological thrillers and loves to tell tales about unusual things happening to normal people. He has written all his life, making the progression from handing scribbled stories to his parents as a boy to writing full length novels in his thirties. He lives in the North West of England and when he isn’t writing, he is usually watching a game of football in a pub where his wife can’t find him.
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Publishing Information:
Published by Inkubator Books on 28th March 2021
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