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I'd like to thank the Author Janet O'Kane for sending me a signed copy of this book. However it was far to nice to spoil or get grubby reading it, as I wanted to put it with my signed book collection.. (lol... I now have 2) So I also purchased the kindle edition, so i could take it out and about to read, because once i started this book I just didn't want to put it down. i feel privileged to have been asked to read this book. And i'm hoping beyond hope that there will be a lot more books to come from this author. Janet has written a great book, and sometimes as a reader you have to be glad that certain authors took the time to write a bloody good book. For a first book, it was fantastic. It was a great change for the main character to be a Dr, rather than the norm - detective-. Zoe Moreland, is a GP she has recently moved to a village in the Borders region of Scotland, hoping for a fresh start and a quiet life. But Unfortunately for her, that's not what she gets! Early one morning while out walking her dog, Zoe finds a body in the remains of the previous nights bonfire, But Zoe doesn't want to get involved, and is reluctant to report it. But she does, and then things start to move, village gossip, police questions and people not being what they seem to be helps this story progress, with its twists and turns it certainly makes you want to keep reading. I really did like some of the other characters in this book, and especially Kate, Zoe's friend. I think this could be a life long friendship made. Zoe seems to be quite a private person only really opening up to Kate. Which is where you begin to get a proper look into Zoe's past. I really do think this could be the start of a fantastic series of books, and look forward to reading more. About the author When Janet O'Kane outgrew Enid Blyton's books she moved on to what her Mum liked reading: crime novels. And despite occasional dalliances with other types of fiction, that's where she has happily stayed. Her career before turning to writing full-time included selling underpants to Roger Moore in Harrods of Knightsbridge and marketing nappies for Boots the Chemist. It was when she helped run a GP surgery that she decided a doctor would make an excellent main character for a series of crime novels. Janet lives in the Scottish Borders with her stonemason husband and two cats, two dogs and far too many chickens. She is now working on the sequel to No Stranger to Death and learning to tap-dance. Keep up with Janet's news: - Visit her Facebook author page: https://www.facebook.com/JanetOkaneAuthor - Follow her on Twitter: @JanetOkane - Read her blog: http://www.janetokane.blogspot.co.uk/
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My views 4/5 Quite a lot of the reviews I have read all compare this book to Gone Girl, as I haven't read Gone Girl yet I really can't say if they are similar or not. What I can say is this book was really well written, and I can not believe this book is a debut. If this is the authors first book then I guess we are in for some real treats in the future. I can really see this book flying off the shelve, and rushing its way up the book charts. The book is told from various aspects The chapters go from past to present, before and after the event. And took me a little to get my head around, but once I did i really enjoyed it. The story revolves around Mia who has been kidnapped. The kidnapper - Colin. The Detective - Gabe and Mia's Mother Eve. I don't want to go into to many details as it really would give to much of the story away. But a very enjoyable book with a OMG- i didn't see that... at the end.. I have just re read the last 2 chapters to make sure I had got it right... WOW I recieved an ARC of this book. the file i was sent was just terrible, I started reading the book and had to stop at 15% as i didnt have a clue what was what, there was no chapters everything just continued and It took me ages to realise it had changed perspective and was on another part of the story, Luckily i managed to get a corrected copy and started the book again. I'm glad I did. Product Description I've been following her for the past few days. I know where she buys her groceries, where she has her dry cleaning done, where she works. I don't know the colour of her eyes or what they look like when they're scared. But I will.Mia Dennett can't resist a one-night stand with the enigmatic stranger she meets in a bar. But going home with him might turn out to be the worst mistake of Mia's life... An addictively suspensful and tautly written thriller, The Good Girl is a compulsive debut that reveals how, even in the perfect family, nothing is as it seems... Praise for The Good Girl'One of the trickiest, cleverest, most rewarding human interest crime tales of this year.' - Top 100 Amazon reviewer Katharine Kirby 'Kubica’s powerful debut will encourage comparisons to Gone Girl...[but] this girl has heart' – Publishers Weekly starred review 'A twisty, roller coaster ride of a debut. Fans of Gone Girl will embrace this equally evocative tale' – Lisa Gardner ‘Memorable and riveting’ -Lovereading.co.uk |
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