I loved Jenny. This woman worked so hard to put her past behind her, when everything starts falling apart my heart breaks for her. She is tortured by the unknown and her self-doubt is extremely moving. The author did a brilliant job in sharing this character’s emotions. I found myself sharing her horror at the thought of her involvement. To begin with, the vet practice didn’t even have any veterinary nurses – we only had a small client list and Hayley ran pretty much everything while we did the direct pet care. Our plan had always been to build the business, though – and three years ago, things finally came together when we hired Vanessa, who is the senior nurse now. Nisha came on board more recently, at the same time as Abi who Hayley is training up on the reception but who also has her eye on becoming a veterinary nurse; she’s bright and enthusiastic and young enough to ‘mould’. It’s a happy practice. We all get along – each bringing a unique set of skills to the table. Meet Olivia who goes missing after walking home from the pub. Now the games afoot. What happened to her? Despite a childhood in the care system, Anna Price has beaten the odds and built for herself the perfect life, complete with beautiful seaside home, devoted husband and a j

This story features the daughter of a serial killer (the clue is in the title) and the main character Jenny, has spent her life denying her past and trying to make amends for her father's crimes. Morning, Jen – thank God. I was beginning to worry.’ Hayley scoots her chair out from the reception desk and stands, reaching over the counter to pass me a piece of paper. ‘These are the early morning animals in for surgery. Nisha has done the preliminaries; Vanessa is organising the operating room and I’ve booked them in.’ Her voice is clipped. With how much I have enjoyed these books, I have to now add Alice Hunter to my list of authors that I automatically buy any new books from, they both really have been that good!

After reading The Serial Killers Wife I could not wait to delve into her latest. A bit of of a slow burner but I just had to keep on reading. The plot was unbelievable in places but what the hell it was still a very entertaining read.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.”

Don’t you let Mark hear you saying that. Isn’t he always declaring, The day is what you make of it?’ It was, what I term, an easy read. I finished it in 2 days. It was a pleasure to read. My list of preferred authors now gathering new names. But when a local woman goes missing in her tiny village, one who does not get along with Jenny, it causes a lot of upset and concern. This is a fast paced, dark and gritty story that grips the reader’s attention. It was a whirlwind of chaos, twists and turns.

I loved Alice Hunter's first book The Serial Killer's Wife and had very high expectations for this new book.Bar her need to remove it for work sometimes, it’s only ever come off her finger once before during our ten-year marriage. And on that occasion, all hell broke loose. Did she throw this at me last night? I couldn’t have been too drunk to remember. It was only one bottle of wine. But something made her take it off. And now she’s hiding away in the en suite. And it’s because our alarms didn’t go off this morning, we’re running late and Daddy has to be in work by nine-thirty.’ I’m thankful Alfie has at least quietly climbed into his own booster seat and has secured his seatbelt without me having to ask or help. ‘Good boy, Alfie,’ I say, shooting Ella a ‘see – your six-year-old brother is better behaved than you’ glare. Another fabulous thriller by Alice Hunter. I was thrilled to be given the opportunity to read this after loving the Serial Killers Wife. There are plenty of twists in this fast paced read and I highly recommend it.