Oh God, please don't let me die.
It has taken nearly two years for the Warwickshire village of Radcote to put a spate of teenage suicides behind it. Then a young man is killed in a freak motorbike accident, and a suicide note is found among his belongings.
A second homeless boy takes his own life, this time on the railway tracks.
Is history about to repeat itself? DI Lorraine Fisher has just arrived for a relaxing summer break with her sister. Soon she finds herself caught up in the resulting police enquiry. And when her nephew disappears she knows she must act quickly.
Are the recent deaths suicide - or murder?
After losing my reading mojo I decided to change from my
usual genre and try a psychological suspense novel and the book I picked was
Before you Die by Samantha Hayes which is my first read by this author so I
didn’t know what to expected but once I got started I couldn’t put it down so I
read it in one sitting.
After a spate of
suicides in the village of Radcote it has taken two years for the community to
move forward, but after a another young man is found dead after a motorcycle
accident after leaving a suicide note as well as another young boy who left a
suicide note before a train accident it seems as though another spate is about
to begin.
With Freddie doing a disappearing act after his family have
observed that he seems a little depressed, his aunt Lorraine who is a Detective
Inspector wants to get to the bottom of the problems in this village before it
is too late for her nephew.
Well this well and truly got my reading mojo back! This book
was full of suspense with twists and turns in every chapter. We are given a few
clues some to help us and some that lead us down a completely wrong path. My
one and only problem with this book was I had already guessed the villain from
early on in the book, so part of me did think about giving up reading it but
then I wanted to know what occurred and what the reasoning behind it was, and I
have to say when I found out why I was a little disappointed as I found the
reasoning behind it to be rather pathetic! I am glad I did carry on reading because
it was a great book and the ending had me in complete shock I didn’t expect
that revelation at all!
There was quite a lot of content covered in the storyline
crime, suicide, bullying, adultery, special needs, Lies and deceit so there
really is a lot to take in and keep your mind occupied. There are also quite a
few characters in this book but you never find you are confused by who is who.
My favourite character has to be the lovely Gil, I looked forward to hearing
his point of view each time and I think it was great how the author managed to
portray his view taking into account his special needs.
This would be a 5* read if the author had managed to hide
the villain from me but because I guessed easily so early on I am going to day
this is a 4* read.
This book sounds different then what I would normally read too but super interesting. I love the sound of all the content covered in here because those are sensitive subjects and It's good to see them in books more. I really enjoyed reading your review and I'm glad I found it because I probably would have never heard about this book. Great review :)
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