I get a call from the school. My husband hasn’t picked up our 7-year-old daughter.
This is the day my life changes for ever.
Earlier, I was scrolling through Facebook when something caught my eye. A photograph. The caption beneath: PLEASE CAN ANYONE HELP ME? HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN?
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It’s my husband and our daughter.
The man I married eight years ago isn’t who I thought he was at all. My husband has been lying to me . . .about everything.
My Review
What a great story! I hate to say it though that Claire really got on my nerves. Whatever did she think she was doing? Her daughter is devastated when dad Tom fails to pick her up from school, but instead of being there for her, she swans off playing amateur detective, leaving the poor child with her sister Gwen. Abandonment issues in later life no doubt.
To make it worse, when she goes to the police station, the officer in charge is her ex, Adam, who she ditched for Tom, breaking his heart. The consensus of course is that Tom has probably upped and left her (I have some sympathy there). But as he’s an adult he’s not technically a missing person. Instead of telling her to sling her hook, Adam decides to put his career on the line to help her ‘unofficially’. But rather than leaving it to his many years’ experience in solving crimes, she does the exact opposite, putting herself and others in danger. I’m not including the cruise competition, because I’d have done exactly the same thing.
There are quite a few threads going on here. It starts with a Facebook post that simply says: PLEASE CAN ANYONE HELP ME? HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN? Except that the person posting is called Lydia French and the picture is of Tom and their daughter. But ‘Lydia’ claims they are HER husband and child. And so the mystery begins. I’m not giving anything away, but Claire has got it all so wrong.
However… it was brilliant and I really couldn’t wait to read on to the end. It’s really well plotted and exciting with believable characters and a storyline that promises to spiral out of control. Thank goodness for Adam and Gwen, who keep everything in perspective.
Many thanks to @ZooloosBT for inviting me to be part of this blog tour.
About the Author
Lisa Hall is the bestselling author of six psychological thrillers and the Hotel Hollywood time-slip murder mystery series. Her debut novel Between You and Me was a Kindle UK number one bestseller, sitting in the top spot for over four weeks. Lisa has a First Class Honours degree in English Literature and Creative Writing. She lives in Kent with her husband and their three children.
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Book Links
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222440949-eight-years-of-lies
Purchase Link: https://mybook.to/eightyears-zbt
