We assume we can spot a psychopath from across the room…

Nineteen years ago, Ruth-Anne Baker’s childhood friend was murdered by convicted killer, Ethan Oswald. With Oswald dead and the case closed, everybody tells Ruth it’s time to move on – but she believes there is more to the story.

And only the wilfully ignorant or easily duped would fall for their charms.

When another young girl goes missing from their small town, Ruth becomes convinced that Oswald had an accomplice, someone the police overlooked.

If no one has told you this yet – it’s not quite that simple.

So begins a journey that will draw Ruth across continents and perilously close to three women, each connected to Oswald in a different way. The deeper she delves, the more she suspects one of them knows the truth. About her childhood friend. About the missing girl. And, perhaps most dangerously of all, about Ruth herself…

My Thoughts:

This story is about Ruth and how a tragedy many years ago, is still affecting her day to day life now. As a child her best friend was murdered, Ruth finds out that her friends murderer is now dead but Ruth cannot leave it, when Ruth sees the news and a girl has gone missing in the same circumstances as her friend, she wonders if something is not right and it is bringing back lots of memories about that fateful day many years ago. It was a slow burner of a read, which does get better, it shows how a terrible tragedy can affect a persons life many years later and how it can change that persons life indefinitely. I found it a read that I did not know what to expect and what would happen in the end. It was a creepy and unnerving read.

I received an ARC copy of this book for an honest review.

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