Anything for Her
By GJ Minett
Published by Zaffre (30 November 2017)
Publisher's description
You'd do anything for the one that got away . . .
wouldn't you?
When Billy Orr returns home to spend time with
his dying sister, he bumps into his ex-girlfriend Aimi, the love of his life.
He might not have seen her in eleven years, but Billy's never forgotten her.
He'd do anything for her then, and he'd do anything for her now.
When Aimi tells him that she wants to escape her
abusive husband, Billy agrees to help her fake her own death. But is she still
the Aimi that Billy remembers from all those years ago?
Once Aimi disappears, Billy has to face the
possibility that perhaps she had different reasons for disappearing - reasons
that might be more dangerous than she's led him to believe . . .
Sometimes trusting the one you love is the wrong thing to do.
My verdict
Anything for Her is the author's third psychological thriller. I've read the first book, The Hidden Legacy, but not the second. The books are all standalones with new characters, so it doesn't matter if you haven't read either of the previous two.
Billy Orr is a nice guy with a troubled past who has returned home to help his dying sister. He finds himself caught in a web of lies when he meets his ex-girlfriend Aimi and she asks him for a favour. I wanted to shout at him for being so naive as I wasn't convinced Aimi could be trusted. I figured it would end in disaster - and it certainly didn't go as Billy had expected.
The narrative switches easily between past and present and also between the multiple voices. The writing is great, with lots of vivid descriptions of people and places. The plot is a twisty one, cleverly constructed, and the tension builds up gradually as the book progresses.
Anything for Her certainly kept me guessing - I wasn't sure exactly where the plot was heading - or why - until the final pages. A great ending to a book of family secrets, past relationships and manipulative people.
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