My Review of No One Can Hear You by Nikki Crutchley #RBRT #TuesdayBookBlog
I received No One Can Hear You from the author as a member of Rosie Amber's Book Review Team in return for an honest review..
I gave No One Can Hear You 4* out of 5*
Book Description:
He said that they’d let me go on purpose. That they could easily find me if they wanted to. He said that they didn’t want me. That I was too much trouble. He said if I went to the cops, he’d know. If I told Sonya, he’d know. If I talked to friends or teachers, he’d know. He told me to pretend it didn’t happen. He told me to consider it a compliment, that I was too strong. His last words to me were, ‘Just forget’. Troubled teen Faith Marsden was one of several girls abducted from Crawton, a country town known for its picturesque lake and fertile farmland. Unlike the others, she escaped, though sixteen years on she still bears the emotional and physical scars. Zoe Haywood returns to Crawton to bury her estranged mother Lillian, who has taken her own life. As she and Faith rekindle their high-school friendship, they discover notes left by Lillian that point to two more young women who recently disappeared from Crawton. But Lillian’s confused ramblings leave them with more questions than answers. As Faith and Zoe delve deeper into the mystery, they become intent on saving the missing women, but in doing so are drawn into Auckland’s hidden world of drugs, abduction and murder. And then Faith decides to confront the mastermind – on her own.
No One Can Hear You is the
second novel by Nikki Crutchley, and it’s a cracking female led thriller.
My Review:
This is a tense and intriguing novel which builds suspense as the story unfolds with many twists and turns. I enjoyed the read, it’s a good plot and I really liked the author’s writing style.
This is a tense and intriguing novel which builds suspense as the story unfolds with many twists and turns. I enjoyed the read, it’s a good plot and I really liked the author’s writing style.
Written from various points
of view the reader is able to empathise with each of the strong, well-rounded
female characters.
The dialogue, both internal and spoken is excellent
and differentiates each character.
The settings are evocative and are good backgrounds
for the action that takes place.
There are various themes woven throughout the
plot: criminality and drugs. Isolation (emotional, mental and physical isolation),
abduction and murder, friendships and relationships. Alongside these is a hint
of romance and descriptions of daily life which, for me, made the more sinister
aspects of the book darker in contrast.
The novel begins in 2001 with a prologue and introduces
the character of Faith Marsden, a rebellious fostered teenager who is abducted in
the town of Crawton and then escapes. Years later she is still haunted by the
experience.
The story moves forward sixteen
years with the protagonist, Zoe Haywood,
returning to her home town of Crawton to arrange the funeral of her estranged
mother, Lilian, who she discovers, had ever increasing dementia. But she finds
notes which reveal that Lilian had fears that other young women were missing.
I don’t like to give spoilers in my reviews so
will leave it there… except to say that Faith and Zoe find a common bond between
them from their pasts; a childhood of loneliness and rejection, and unite to learn the truth of Lilian’s worries.
As I said above, I liked the author’s writing style and would recommend No One Can Hear You to readers who enjoy a book
with strong female characters and a good
plot
After seven years of working as a librarian in New Zealand and overseas, Nikki now works as a freelance proofreader and copy editor. She lives in the small Waikato town of Cambridge in New Zealand with her husband and two girls.
Nikki has been writing on and off her whole life and recently has had success in flash fiction. She has been published in Flash Frontier, Flash Fiction Magazine and Mayhem Literary Journal. Crime/thriller/mystery novels are her passion. Nothing Bad Happens Here is her first novel (but hopefully not her last), set on the Coromanadel Coast of New Zealand.
Links:
Amazon.co.uk: https://amzn.to/2SWhkWH
Amazon.com: https://amzn.to/2EpIpNO
About the author:
After seven years of working as a librarian in New Zealand and overseas, Nikki now works as a freelance proofreader and copy editor. She lives in the small Waikato town of Cambridge in New Zealand with her husband and two girls.
Nikki has been writing on and off her whole life and recently has had success in flash fiction. She has been published in Flash Frontier, Flash Fiction Magazine and Mayhem Literary Journal. Crime/thriller/mystery novels are her passion. Nothing Bad Happens Here is her first novel (but hopefully not her last), set on the Coromanadel Coast of New Zealand.
Links:
Amazon.co.uk: https://amzn.to/2SWhkWH
Amazon.com: https://amzn.to/2EpIpNO
Thank you Judith.
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