With winter closing in, Elly
Cartwright dreams of escaping her inner-city existence for a more
carefree life in the country. On a drizzly Monday morning, the view
from her tram window is grim, and she isn’t looking forward to yet
another mundane working week.
But Elly’s week will be anything
but mundane, with two people she’s closely associated with murdered in quick successions and two attempts on her life.
Elly is just an everyday woman. Living
with her adult daughter, working an average 9 – 5 job for an IT
business and day dreaming about her fantasy, carefree life at Canton
Creek. But one afternoon everything changes when her neighbour is
mistakenly murdered on her footstep.
With a strong
character base, easy to visualise and eventful storyline, Jenny
Spence presents a book that is full of twists and turns. I found it
easy to follow all the characters as you travel with Elly and her
work colleagues on an epic adventure through the heart of Melbourne
and Sydney as they try to find a killer.
With an exciting and gripping
beginning, I did find that the book lagged towards the middle but
quickly picked up within two or three chapters. I would definitely
class this as an easy to read and absorb book, but that didn’t take
away from the quality of the story line or characters and I still
found myself connecting and getting attached to Elly and particular
people around her. The book is a little high tech, with a lot of talk
towards the end of the book about ‘triangulated’ signals and of
coal mines and water resources. But all is explained in plain English
for the layman (like me) to make sure you don’t miss any important
information on your journey to figuring out the case.
Jenny Spence has done a wonderful job
at delivering an exciting, suspenseful and adventurous thriller that
will leave you on the edge of your seat. I would highly recommend
this book to anyone who is looking for a little bit of adventure and
realism in their imagination, or just a fantastic read to pass the
time.
Review
by: Samantha Lo
