Twenty years ago, Cody Swift’s best friends, 11-year-old
Scott and 10-year-old Charlie were beaten to death in Bristol, England. In 2017, Sidney Noyce, the man convicted of
the killings, hangs himself in prison, and Cody returns to Bristol as a
pod-caster who is reinvestigating the murders, casting doubt on Noyce’s
guilt. The plot cleverly unfolds as it
is told in the present day through Cody’s podcast, from Charlie’s mother’s
point of view who is desperately trying to keep Cody away from her, and from the
point of view DI John Fletcher who originally investigated the case, who is
currently investigating another body found in the same location, his sections
shifting seamlessly back twenty years ago.
The structure of the novel is inventive and effective; Jess is a
well-developed character as she moves from a single mother with dangerous
habits to a wife and mother strong enough to face the past while protecting her
future, all with an unexpected outcome.
Don’t look away for a moment.
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