Twenty five years have passed since Emily Blake's best friend Alice Abbott mysteriously disappeared from her bedroom in her house that was situated directly across the road from Emily's house whilst their parents were attending a party at one of their neighbours houses. Her disappearance had a devastating effect on many of the residents who lived on Pear Tree Close and shattered the illusion of safety and security that the residents had been living under.
Now another young girl called Becky Clarke has gone missing and Emily has been sent by the editor of the magazine that she works for to investigate the young girl's disappearance. Emily has her suspicions that the two cases could be connected so she decides to revisit Alice's case as well but not everyone welcomes her investigations.
Not long after she returns to the small village of Palmerston Emily starts to get the feeling that she is being watched whenever she goes out and that some people know more about what happened to Alice than they admitted too during the original investigation.
But as the lies that have been told for twenty five years start to unravel, Emily finds herself in serious danger and discovers that The answers to get questions lie closer to home than she ever imagined.
More than one character in this enthralling,shocking thriller is mentally disturbed in various ways and for various reasons. Many terrible events can cause a ripple effect that gradually widen and pull more people into their epicentre causing more and more pain and devastation. You could say that Emily was the pebble that caused the ripples that spread through the quite village street because of her determination to uncover what happened to her beloved friend all those years ago. Emily was a complex, mixed bag of emotions and was very likeable. I admired her feistiness and her take no crap attitude. I also liked Alice's poor brother Tom and Alan Gillespie. The rest of the mixed bag of diverse characters were not very likeable for various reasons.
Damaged is a extremely well written,fast paced, enthralling but also shocking at times mystery thriller that had me hooked on from the intense prologue and frantically turning the pages. On one had I wanted to learn what had happened to Alice but on the other hand I didn't want the book to end. I would to watch a film adaptation of this story and look forward to reading more books written by this author in the future. Very highly recommended.
AUTHOR BIO
Dan grew up in Hertfordshire before moving to London in his early twenties. After more than ten years living there, he decided enough was enough, and packed his bags for Scotland in search of a more peaceful life.
Dan works as a graphic designer, but dreams of the day he can give it up and write full time.
Besides writing, he enjoys painting, watching a good scary film, travelling the world, good food, long walks on the beach with his dogs, and of course, reading a great book
PUBLICATION DATE: 13th January 2020
PRINT LENGTH: 284 Pages
PUBLISHER: BloodHound Books
ISBN-10: 191341924X
ISBN-13: 978-1913419240
GENRE: Psychological Thriller
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