Author – Lorraine Murphy
Publisher – Inkubator Books
Genre – Psychological Thriller
Pages – 250
Format – Kindle
Release Date – August 20th 2022
Reviewer – Me AKA TheBookishHermit
Synopsis ⤵️
A lost child. A broken marriage. A ticking time bomb.
Karen will do anything for her eight-year-old daughter, Scarlett. Even holding together a marriage that is way past broken.
So when Scarlett disappears from their rural home, Karen is one hundred percent focused on a single goal – finding her little girl as soon as possible.
And time is of the essence. Because Scarlett is profoundly deaf and would live in utter silence if it wasn’t for her high-tech hearing aids. Karen knows that within hours their batteries will run out, leaving her daughter even more isolated and vulnerable.
As the search for Scarlett intensifies, shocking secrets are revealed and Karen realises she may have to look for answers closer to home.
When the reason for Scarlett’s disappearance finally becomes clear, Karen finds she is living her own worst nightmare – her daughter is in deadly danger and time is running out.
About The Author ⤵️
Lorraine Murphy takes everyday situations and twists them into terrifying tales. She is the author of Into the Woods and numerous published, and winning, flash fiction stories.
A software engineer by profession, she’s had many careers including slimming club leader, adult educator, charity co-founder, chairperson, activist and entrepreneur. As a teenager, she adored Stephen King and later found herself on the jury of an infamous murder trial.
When she’s not writing, Lorraine is always into something, whether it be competing in/for her local Toastmasters club or jumping out of a fully functional airplane. She lives in Westmeath, Ireland with her husband Brendan and three taller children.
Into The Woods is her first psychological thriller with Inkubator Books.
Follow her at:
Twitter : https://twitter.com/MurphyLorr
Website : http://www.lorraineamurphy.com/
My Review ⤵️
This is an edge of your seat psychological thriller where we follow parents Karen and Paddy, who are searching for their missing daughter Scarlett. Scarlett is eight years old and deaf which makes matters slightly more difficult, if they don’t find her very soon the child’s hearing aid batteries will run down and this will leave her in complete silence. The couple have been in a marriage that is failing for quite some time and it becomes obvious that Scarlett is the one and only reason they are still together.
We hear from multiple perspectives throughout the story which I felt worked really well and the writing style helped the story to twist and turn smoothly and believably. The characters all had something unique about them which drew me into their world and made me want to know more about them.
4 stars!
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I would like to say a massive thank you to Zooloos Book Tours (@ZooloosBT) for gifting me a free review copy of this book! Views and opinions are my own and have not been influenced by anyone.
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