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Trick or Treat: An absolutely gripping crime thriller with a heart-stopping twist (edición 2021)

por Katerina Diamond (Autor)

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'A totally immersive and thrilling read!... Wow! This book was incredible!... If you love Cara Hunter, Karin Slaughter and TM Logan, then you'll love this' NetGalley reviewer TRICK OR TREAT? When six-year-old Marcus is taken from outside his house on Halloween it shakes his quiet neighbourhood to the core. Everyone was ready for a night of trick-or-treating. Now the unthinkable has happened. TRUTH OR LIES? As Detective Imogen Grey arrives to question Marcus's parents, they tell her there has been a mistake. Their son is just fine. But if that's true, where is Marcus? INNOCENT OR GUILTY? Imogen becomes locked in a race against time to find the missing child and uncover the truth. Can she discover what's happened to Marcus before it's too late? A completely addictive page-turner, perfect for fans of Cara Hunter, TM Logan and Shari Lapena. Readers are gripped by Trick or Treat: 'ALL HAIL THE QUEEN OF CRIME!!... LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!... 5 stars hands down' NetGalley reviewer 'Brilliant... Fast-paced, thrilling and full of tension and suspense... I loved the twists... I didn't want the book to end... A cracker of a read' NetGalley reviewer 'Started and finished in the same day!... I was HOOKED!' NetGalley reviewer 'So ridiculously good. I ended up finishing it in two sittings. Absolutely gripping from page one and it just didn't let up until the very end' NetGalley reviewer 'Fast-paced, full of suspense... Katerina diamond has smashed it again' NetGalley reviewer 'A total page-turner' NetGalley reviewer 'I LOVED this book!... I just couldn't put it down... Fast-paced... Keeps you always wanting more!... Amazing' NetGalley reviewer 'Drew me in from the first page and didn't let go until the last... A definite must read' NetGalley reviewer 'Fantastic... Plenty of twists and turns that kept me guessing' NetGalley reviewer… (más)
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Título:Trick or Treat: An absolutely gripping crime thriller with a heart-stopping twist
Autores:Katerina Diamond (Autor)
Información:Avon (2021), 404 pages
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Etiquetas:TBR, crime/thriller

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Although the mystery surrounding the kidnapping of Marcus, and the increasingly frantic search to find him, is central to this novel, it is the number of inter-linked strands which thread through it which make it a satisfyingly tension-filled psychological thriller, rather than just a straightforward police procedural story. DS Imogen Grey’s determination to follow her instincts as she attempts to uncover the truth behind the kidnapping of Marcus, and to finally expose the perpetrator, gradually exposes layers of deceit which, via many labyrinthine twist and turns, will confirm she was right to do so. Although there were a couple of occasions when I thought this aspect of the storyline relied a little too heavily on convenient coincidences, I found there was enough credibility in the outcome to enable me to suspend disbelief quite easily! I thought that the author very effectively captured the roller-coaster of emotions which must affect any parent whose child has been abducted … the panic, the fear, the struggle to hold onto hope as the days pass by without the child being found … as well as the increasing pressure on police officers, who are all too well aware that with each day that passes the likelihood of a successful outcome diminishes.
The other major strand to the story involves Imogen’s long-term boyfriend, Adrian Miles, who until a year ago, had been a fellow police officer, However, following a five-hour long brutal attack in which he was repeatedly raped, he resigned from the force and is now working for a private-investigation firm. He is still struggling to come to terms with what happened to him. Unable to let go of feelings of shame and a belief that he should have been able to fight back, or to acknowledge the emotional turmoil and vulnerability he’s feeling and to trust that friends and colleagues will both believe him and be sympathetic, he’s never been able to seek help or to tell Imogen the truth about what happened. All she knows is that his behaviour has changed, that he is avoiding both physical and emotional intimacy and yet continues to deny that there is anything wrong. As a consequence their relationship is becoming increasingly strained and, as most of the story is told from each of their perspectives, the reader becomes aware of the emotional distress each of them is experiencing. It’s seldom that an account of sexual assault and rape is ever told from the perspective of a male victim and I was very impressed with the author’s insightful, sensitive portrayal of Adrian’s struggles to seek the help and support he needs. Although there were moments when I found this strand of the story very disturbing, particularly the descriptions of the assault, it added a psychological integrity which I very much appreciated.
Another linking strand features teenager Jason, the first character we meet, who, in the process of burgling the house opposite Marcus’s home, notices a white van outside, with two men sitting in it and a gun on the dashboard. As they seem to be watching the boy cycling up and down the quiet cul-de-sac, he takes a few photos of the men and, as they began to pull balaclavas over their faces, decides he needs to dial 999 and anonymously report what he’s seeing. As he’s speaking to the operator he sees one of the men grabbing Marcus and putting him in the back of the van. After stressing the need for the police to hurry, and without mentioning that he has taken photographs, Jason flees the scene before the police arrive. We soon learn that his elder brother is about to be released from prison and his father, a petty criminal whom he hasn’t seen for seven years, has suddenly reappeared. When Jason tells him about the photos he’d taken it’s immediately clear that his father sees an opportunity to take advantage! Jason doesn’t want to end up in prison like his father and brother but, as the story progresses, we watch as he struggles between family loyalty and wanting to do the right thing. I found myself becoming very fond of him, and rooting for him as he battled with his conscience!
I was a bit concerned when I realised that this is the seventh story in in the DS Imogen Grey series and wondered if this would make it difficult to fully engage with it. However, although it would probably have felt more satisfying had I read the previous books in the series, if only to gain more insight into how the close personal, as well as professional, relationship between Imogen and Adrian had come about, there were certainly enough clues about the back story to make it easy to read as a stand-alone story. Given the credibility of the character development, the complex, tension-filled plot and the author’s immediately engaging writing-style, I’m now feeling tempted to read the earlier stories and, given the final cliff-hanger sentence, to look out for the next one!
With thanks to NB for a copy of this book in exchange fro an honest review. ( )
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'A totally immersive and thrilling read!... Wow! This book was incredible!... If you love Cara Hunter, Karin Slaughter and TM Logan, then you'll love this' NetGalley reviewer TRICK OR TREAT? When six-year-old Marcus is taken from outside his house on Halloween it shakes his quiet neighbourhood to the core. Everyone was ready for a night of trick-or-treating. Now the unthinkable has happened. TRUTH OR LIES? As Detective Imogen Grey arrives to question Marcus's parents, they tell her there has been a mistake. Their son is just fine. But if that's true, where is Marcus? INNOCENT OR GUILTY? Imogen becomes locked in a race against time to find the missing child and uncover the truth. Can she discover what's happened to Marcus before it's too late? A completely addictive page-turner, perfect for fans of Cara Hunter, TM Logan and Shari Lapena. Readers are gripped by Trick or Treat: 'ALL HAIL THE QUEEN OF CRIME!!... LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!... 5 stars hands down' NetGalley reviewer 'Brilliant... Fast-paced, thrilling and full of tension and suspense... I loved the twists... I didn't want the book to end... A cracker of a read' NetGalley reviewer 'Started and finished in the same day!... I was HOOKED!' NetGalley reviewer 'So ridiculously good. I ended up finishing it in two sittings. Absolutely gripping from page one and it just didn't let up until the very end' NetGalley reviewer 'Fast-paced, full of suspense... Katerina diamond has smashed it again' NetGalley reviewer 'A total page-turner' NetGalley reviewer 'I LOVED this book!... I just couldn't put it down... Fast-paced... Keeps you always wanting more!... Amazing' NetGalley reviewer 'Drew me in from the first page and didn't let go until the last... A definite must read' NetGalley reviewer 'Fantastic... Plenty of twists and turns that kept me guessing' NetGalley reviewer

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