BOOK SYNOPSIS
Three sisters… One terrible secret
Ashleigh: A creative, free spirit and loyal. But Ash is tormented by her demons and a past that refuses to be laid to rest.
Jessica: Perfect wife and loving mother. But although Jessica might seem to have it all, she lives a secret life built on lies.
Grace: An outsider, always looking in, Grace has never known the love of her sisters and her resentment can make her do bad things.
When Ashleigh goes missing, Jessica and Grace do all they can to find their eldest sister.
But the longer Ashleigh is missing, the more secrets and lies these women are hiding threaten to tear this family apart.
Can they find Ashleigh before it’s too late or is it sometimes safer to stay hidden?
In the world of the thriller reader there is always a plethora of books which promise a unexpected plot twist that the reader will not see coming, some of which deliver on that promise whilst others don't leaving the reader feeling underwhelmed and disappointed. Well, the plot twist in I Will Find You is so clever and unpredictable that I don't think the combined minds of the greatest detectives scattered throughout literary history would have been able figure it out.
The first 28% of the story is written in chapters which alternate between the perspectives of sisters Jessica and Ashleigh, two deeply flawed individuals who lived on opposite sides of the social divide. Jessica was a lawyer who lived in a luxurious house with her husband Henry and their four year old twin daughters whilst Jessica was a artist who lived in a filthy flat, very often struggled to pay her rent and was addicted to drink and drugs. In Jessica's mind, her older sister was reckless and her erratic and unpredictable behaviour often caused disagreements between Jessica and Henry who wasn't exactly a very likeable individual and had no patience or compassion for people like Ashleigh. His attitude was a sadly realistic portrayal of a issue that has existed for decades, the willingness of certain members of society to dismiss and very often mistreat the less fortunate among us. They don't stop to think that there might be more than one reason why a individual has chosen to live the life that they lead and have found themselves falling under the control of certain addictions.
As the story unfolded, we discovered in chapters that slipped back in time by twenty years, the traumatic events that had caused so much damage to Ashleigh's psyche. Despite her issues, Ashleigh was still Jessica's sister which was the reason why she was always prepared to come to her older sister's aid including paying her rent arrears. Therefore it was due to late rent payments that Jessica received a phone call from Ashleigh's landlady and subsequently learned that her sister was missing. In Jessica's chapters we follow her search for her missing sister whilst dealing with Henry's dismissive attitude, finding her own life being scrutinised by the police and trying to prevent her own secrets from being uncovered. In Ashleigh's chapters which were my favourite parts of the story, we were given a insight into her life before she disappeared, her daily struggled with addiction, the reason why she decided to go into hiding and witness Ashleigh form a uneasy alliance with Grace during her desperate search to uncover who was behind the campaign to destroy her life.
Grace,who is the third voice in this gripping thriller is Jessica and Ashleigh's half-sister and has spent her life resenting the other two women due to their apparently idyllic and lavish childhood and for growing up with all the luxuries that she had been denied. Grace was a complex, flawed individual who also had hidden secrets and I often felt uncertain about the reliability of her narrative.
What had caused Ashleigh to go into hiding? Who was sending Ashleigh and Jessica threatening texts and notes? Did Henry know more about Ashleigh's disappearance than he was letting on?
This is a fast paced,cleverly and intricately plotted thriller which captivates the reader from the first page and keeps you guessing until the mind blowing and totally unpredictable identity of the antagonist is revealed. There is a number of unexpected twists and turns as the extremely well written story unfolds and the author's pull together their characters and the various threads of their enthralling story. The plot covers a wide range of relatable issues and the cast of mainly unlikable and untrustworthy characters were authentic and realistic. I thought this was a gripping read and it is very very highly recommended by little old me.
AUTHOR INFO
Amanda Rigby is the nom de plume of the writing partnership between Amanda Ashby and Sally Rigby. Both authors live in New Zealand, have been friends for eighteen years, and agree about everything (except musicals). They decided to collaborate on a psychological thriller which they then entered into a competition, run by Boldwood, which they won!
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