When I first started reading this book I really couldn’t see where it could go. Aiden Seed confides to the woman he loves that he killed a woman called Mary Trelease. After struggling with this momentous piece of information Ruth Bussey finally goes to the police and specifically asking for Sergeant Charlie Zailer tells her that her boyfriend has killed Mary Trelease. But when they check out the address they confirm that the occupant at that address Mary Trelease is alive and well.
Then it begins to get complicated as Charlie Zailer and DC Simon Waterhouse try to discover why a man would confess to murder. What sounds straightforward on the surface conceals a troubled past. We are someway into the book before Ruth story is revealed, and that is traumatic.
All the characters are dysfunctional with pasts they conceal, as I gradually found myself drawn in I found it difficult to sort out what was real and what wasn’t. Even the characters I thought I could trust I found that I couldn’t.
A psychological thriller such as I haven’t read for a long time. At one point some threequarters through the book I sorted out who I thought was a straight ace, only to discover I couldn’t have been more wrong. Fascinating writing taking you into places you might not wan to go, but totally unable to stop reading. Does provide a satisfying conclusion. Very highly recommened..
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Lizzie Hayes