The Mistake by K.L. SlaterMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
This mystery is set in two time frames,the present day and sixteen years previously and flips back and forth between the two.In the chapters set in the past our protagonist eighteen year old Rose Tinsley is a art student who lives with her mum,dad and eight year old brother Billy.Rose constantly feels like her life is stuck in a rut so she is delighted when she meets a older man called Garath who asks her if she would like to go to the cinema with him.Rose agrees to meet up with Garath and can't wait to tell her best friend Cassie that a handsome older man has actually asked her `plain old Rose`to go on a date with him.What Rose doesn't know is that Garath is a narcissistic,control freak who over time begins to isolate Rose from the people who truly love her and starts to control every aspect of her life.Cassie tries to warn Rose about Garath`s behaviour but Rose won't listen until something happens that causes Rose to finally remove her rose tinted glasses and see Garath`s true character.She tries to end the relashionship but no one walks away from Garath Farnham,he continues to terrorize Rose and then horrifyingly young Billy goes missing and is found murdered two days after he disappeared.
In the present day chapters,Rose still lives in her parents house and lives a sad,lonely life,the highlight of her week being when she is at work in the local library.Although she has lived in the same village all her life,she doesn't have any friends.The only person she is happy spending time with is her elderly next door neighbour Ronnie.He was there for her family during the terrible events sixteen years ago so now it's Rose `s turn to take care of him.One day she finds him collapsed on the bathroom floor,she calls an ambulance and he is rushed into hospital.Rose decides to clean his house while he is away,only when she is in the spare room,she finds something that causes her to doubt everything she thought she knew about her brother`s murder.Someone was arrested,charged and sent to prison for murdering Billy,that person has always insisted that they are innocent.Now Rose needs to know the truth even if it means confronting horrors from the past that she would rather forget.
I loved all of K l Slater`s previous books especially Blink which is one of my top 10 books from this year.Although I enjoyed reading The Mistake I didn't get to the end and think OMG,that was brilliant,I could happily go back to the beginning and read it again,I just felt...rather disappointed.It was hard to feel any sympathy for Rose at times,it was understandable that she would have issues after everything she had been through when she was younger.But you would have thought,sixteen years later and with the person who killed Billy being safely locked up,she wouldn't have been such a nervous wreck.And she was constantly whining and moaning especially when she was younger,it was hard to understand why Cassie wanted to be her friend.That said Rose did redeem herself a bit with her actions in the final chapter,that made me want to give her a hug and say good for you girl.
The identity of Billy`s killer was surprising and unexpected,I certainly didn't see that coming.Gareth`s creepy manipulation and gradual control of Rose was scarily realistic and believable,he was a very sly,horrible character.It was mentioned a number of times that Rose`s parents where dead but you never found out how they died and although it was also mentioned a number of times that the library where Rose worked might have to close,that issue was left unresolved.This is more a mystery than a thriller,there are not many twists but the chapters are short and it is a quick read.Although I was a bit disappointed with this book that won't stop.me reading The Visitor when it is published next year.
PUBLICATION DATE : 4 October 2017
PUBLISHER : Bookouture
GENRE : Thriller & Mystery
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mistake-unputdownable-psychological-thriller-brilliant-ebook/dp/B073RWKQ5J/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_pdt_img_top?ie=UTF8
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