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KEEP YOUR FAMILY SAFE.
WHATEVER THE COST...
Jamie and Victoria are expecting their first baby.
With a few weeks to go, they head off for a final weekend break in a remote part of the North Pennines. The small and peaceful guesthouse is the ideal location to unwind together before becoming parents. Upon arrival, they are greeted by Barry and Fiona, the older couple who run the guesthouse. They cook them dinner and show them to their room before retreating to bed themselves.
The next morning, Jamie and Victoria wake to find the house deserted. Barry and Fiona are nowhere to be seen. All the doors are locked. Both their mobile phones and car keys have disappeared. Even though it's a few weeks early, Victoria knows the contractions are starting.
The baby is coming, and there's no way out.
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My Review
My first book by this author, and what a twisted tale this one was! Told from the perspectives of three of the characters, and with a dual timeline this is definitely one which had me hooked from the beginning. Jamie and Victoria have planned a final weekend away before their much-awaited baby is due. Booking into an isolated guesthouse in the Pennines, when Victoria wakes in the night in labour, they find themselves locked in, missing their phones, keys and their car and the guest house owners, Fiona and Barry nowhere to be seen! It certainly gets you wondering what on earth is going on, but as the story twists itself through the past and present, all is revealed!
The plot is gripping, if not a little far-fetched, and it held my attention throughout! With dual timelines, I often find myself preferring one timeline to another, but I enjoyed both equally in this book, with the past explaining what happened all those months before, and the present slowly answering all the questions I had! I liked Jamie and Victoria's character but empathised more with Jamie both in past and present. Fiona and Barry are certainly a strange couple, but their involvement in the story becomes clear as the book moves on with a most unexpected twist in the plot!
This is a suspense filled book, with lots of mysteries as to what is going on. There are very few characters so it's easy to focus on who is who, and the switching between past and present is done effortlessly. There are some great cliff-hangers leaving me wanting more, and I certainly didn't see the plot twists coming my way. Would recommend!
The Author
Robin Morgan-Bentley was born and grew up in London. After studying Modern and Medieval Languages at Cambridge University, he went on to work for Google before moving to Audible, where he has been working since 2014.
His debut thriller, The Wreckage, was nominated for the CWA Dagger John Creasey New Blood Award, the CrimeFest Specsavers Debut Crime Award and Capital Crime's Debut Book of the Year Award.
Robin lives in Buckinghamshire with his husband and son.
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