Published by Bookouture Genres: Crime, Fiction, Mystery, suspense, thriller
Format: ARC, eBook
People Change
When you are young you think you will be friends with your classmates forever. Sometimes you are and sometimes you grow apart, because, well, people change…
Paige, Harry and Richard were inseparable in school, until one day everything changed. Richard and Harry took the shortcut home after school. It was something that they often did on nice days. But on that fateful day they saw Graham, a classmate, lying in the undergrowth. Lives would change forever after that day.
Twenty years later, Paige calls Harry to tell him that Richard is in trouble – accused of a crime that Paige knows he would never commit. Harry comes back home and soon hears the whispers, the gossip and is hit in the face with the fact that small towns do not forget. Small towns have long memories and will be more than happy to remind you of the past lest you forget. Small towns are like Cheers – everybody knows your name, your business and your family’s business.
This was a taunt thriller which does not disappoint. What begins as a trip home to support a friend becomes so much more. There is a feeling on tension throughout. The characters are believable and multifaceted. They have flaws and do not always make the best choices. As Paige and Harry try to help their friend, the plot, as they say, thickens!
Is Richard guilty? Who killed Graham all those years ago? Are the cases connected? Just when you think you know someone; they prove you wrong. I loved the underlying sense of suspense and tension. Will Harry be able to help his friend?
I read most of this is book in one day simply because this gripping story sucked me in. The beginning starts a little slow as we are introduced to the characters and it quickly picks up speed and never stops. I was glued to my seat, anxious to learn the truth and I thoroughly enjoyed how the plot unfolded in this brilliant page turner. This was my first book by Kerry Wilkinson, and I am extremely impressed and looking forward to reading more of this authors work.
Thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.