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It's every parent's nightmare.
Your happy, funny, innocent son commits a terrible crime: murdering a complete stranger.
You don't know who. You don't know why. You only know your teenage boy is in custody and his future lost.
That night you fall asleep in despair. Until you wake . . .
. . . and it is yesterday.
Every morning you wake up a day earlier, another day before the murder. Another chance to stop it.
Somewhere in the past lie the answers, and you don't have a choice but to find them . . .
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My Review
This is a completely original storyline telling the story of Jen, a mother who sees her son murder a stranger. The day following her son's arrest, she wakes up and finds it's the previous day – the day before her son has killed someone. As Jen's story moves on, she finds herself waking up further back in the past each time. There is obviously a reason why this is happening, and it's up to Jen to try and put all the clues together and work out what that is and how can she return to present day.
Wow! This was completely different to what I expected. If you thought it was just another crime/thriller, then think again! It reminded me so much of TV programs, like Life on Mars or Ashes to Ashes, but with the difference being that every time Jen woke up, she'd gone further back in time. The times she was revisiting were obviously important to her son's storyline and what Jen needed to do to help him. I did initially find it a bit confusing, particularly with the added storyline of a policeman called Ryan. I did find myself losing track a little of where Jen was, and where Ryan's storyline fitted into the timeline, but fear not, it all becomes very clear as the book moves on. In fact, when the storyline unravels it was done so cleverly it was just pure brilliance!
The story moved along at a good pace and held my attention throughout. I disliked Jess's son, Todd initially, but as the timeline moved back, I grew to like him. Similarly, I liked Jess's husband, Kelly initially, but as his storyline moved back into the past it made me not trust him at all! I loved how we got to visit different times gone by, sometimes only days from before, sometimes years, and the author has done a great job of including items from each era and highlighting the difference in lifestyles.
This was such a good read; I couldn't put it down once I'd started it. I loved when everything started to slot into place, and try as I might, I wasn't able to work it out until the author gave it to me! It was full of twists, turns, secrets and lies…and that ending was very very clever…OMG! If you find yourself a little confused with it all at the beginning, then don't give up! Keep going with it as, believe me, it is 100% worth it! Fabulous! Amazing! Would definitely recommend!
The Author
Gillian McAllister has been writing for as long as she can remember. She graduated with an English degree before working as a lawyer. She lives in Birmingham, where she now writes full-time. She is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Everything But the Truth, Anything You Do Say, No Further Questions, The Evidence Against You, How To Disappear and the Richard & Judy Book Club pick That Night. She is also the creator and co-host of the popular Honest Authors podcast.
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