BLOG TOUR, BOOK REVIEW - Every Little Secret by Ruby Speechley

Maddy Saunders had spent her youth having it drummed into her by her mother that she was useless, unloveable and would never amount to anything. Maddy had thought that she had proved her mother wrong when she married Max and they had their two beautiful daughters Emily and Chloe.

But then the unthinkable happened, five year old Chloe died of meningitis and not long afterwards Max mysteriously disappeared. The police informed her that his rucksack had been found in the river but there was no sign of his body. Suddenly she found herself overwhelmed by all the old doubts and anxieties.

Unable to believe that Max would abandon her and Emily, Maddy desperately searches for clues as to what has happened to her husband. But as she delves deeper into his secrets, Maddy unearths a web of betrayal and lies that force her to re-examine everything about the life that they have built together.

Maddened by grief, how much more will Maddy be able to take before she is pushed over the edge into insanity.

The chapters of this enthralling story alternated between Maddy, Max and another character called Alison and flipped back and forth in time. We are taken back through the character's back stories, how Maddy and Max met, married, had their children and the events leading up to Max's disappearance. And also into events afterwards and the effects that his disappearance had on the two women. I surprisingly felt quite a bit of empathy for poor Maddy which is something that I probably wouldn't have said a year and a half ago. But a lot has changed since then and I now have more of a understanding about the complexities of the brain and mental health issues. I can't say I thought Alison was very likeable and neither was Max although he did have one redeemable quality. My heart went out to the poor children who had found themselves lumbered with this bunch of so called parents.

Every Little Secret is a realistic tale of deception, mental health issues and dual lives that hooks the reader in from the first page, drawing you into the character's fictional but believable lives. I really enjoyed this captivating and at times chilling thriller and would happily read more of this author's books in the future.


                                                                        About the Author:

Ruby Speechley, graduated from Sheffield Hallam University in 2009, with an MA in Creative Writing. Ruby is a mum of three, lives in Bedfordshire and was born in Lisbon, Portugal at the time of the first earthquake there in 200 years!

Ruby’s debut novel Someone Else’s Baby, a chilling psychological thriller, follows a young woman, Charlotte who has always dreamed of becoming a surrogate. When she and her partner Steve, choose Malcolm and Brenda, a middle-aged couple who they find on a surrogacy forum to become the intended parents, Charlotte believes she is about to fulfil her dream of helping a loving couple finally become a family, only to find that her act of kindness comes with devastating consequences.

Ruby’s debut was published by Hera in ebook in July 2019, and following a fantastic digital run, was published in paperback in January 2020. Ruby’s next novel, Every Little Secret, was published on 23rd April 2020.

Social Media Links – www.rubyspeechley.com – Twitter: @rubyspeechley

PUBLICATION DATE: 23rd April 2020
PUBLISHER: Hera
ASIN: BO85ZQQDRL
GENRE: Death & Grief

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