Her Deadly Secret by Chris Curran

I am delighted to be today's stop on the blog tour for Her Deadly Secret by Chris Curran. Her Deadly Secret was published by Killer Reads on 21 July 2017.

Her Deadly Secret
By Chris Curran
Published by Killer Reads (21 July 2017)

Publisher's description

A young girl has been taken. Abducted, never to be seen again.

Joe and Hannah, her traumatized parents, are consumed by grief. But all is not as it seems behind the curtains of their suburban home.

Loretta, the Family Liaison Officer, is sure Hannah is hiding something – a dark and twisted secret from deep in her past.

This terrible memory could be the key to the murder of another girl fifteen years ago. And as links between the two victims emerge, Joe and Hannah learn that in a family built on lies, the truth can destroy everything…

My verdict
Her Deadly Secret is a twisty psychological thriller that gained pace halfway through.

The story focuses on the disappearance of a teenage girl and the impact it has on her family, liaison police officer and sister of a girl who was murdered 15 years earlier. The first half of the book is a slow-burning build up, establishing the background of the characters, main plot and setting, and I did wonder at first if it was going to be a book for me.

However, I'm very happy that I persevered. The second half of the book is written at a much faster pace, filled with revelations, twists and turns. These two families are tied together by circumstances, lies and secrets. Alternating narratives by the different characters gradually revealed that everything in the first half that seemed so straightforward wasn't straightforward at all.

I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

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