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A nail-biter of a read, this story’s emotional wallop, sparked from the very first (of many) explosive twists, is destined to keep the reader entirely on edge, right up to the intense and ultimately satisfying finale.

Written in a taut, spare and vivid style, the author captures a sense of immediacy that never lets up – putting the reader squarely in the middle of a plot that is guaranteed to make your spine tingle.

“She felt he was sizing her up. Like a snake might look at something small and furry. She felt the short hairs on the back of her neck erect. Didn’t like it.”

Told in the voices of three main characters, two of which share their thoughts in first person intimacy, the story’s pace is brisk and fiendishly luring – crackling with the promise of unshared secrets, as certain to horrify as they will explain.

• Melanie, our main protagonist, writing in first person POV, reveals vulnerabilities and insecurities that render her entirely relatable – if only at an emotional arm’s length, (perhaps for our own protection?
• DC Ffion Parry, a no-nonsense cop, narrator and observer, is also a mother and a wife, roles which may inform her compassionate drive to see justice done.
• Jonathon Walker, husband to Melanie, a merchant banker, is a sartorially elegant man whose extravagant lifestyle, emotionless delivery and articulated experiences may or may not converge with reality.

With equal parts both menacing and gripping, packed tightly with subject matter and a plot that will chill and disturb, this book was hard to put down, and in many ways, hard to forget.

A great big thank you to the author and the publisher for an ARC of this story. All thoughts presented are my own.

My stop today on the @randomthingstours #blogtour for #YoureAlwaysWithMe by @andy_maslen