Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: August 17, 2021
Source: Print & Audio via Publisher
Summary:
No one knew they’d moved in together. Now one of them is dead. Could this be the perfect murder?
56 DAYS AGO
Ciara and Oliver meet in a supermarket queue in Dublin the same week Covid-19 reaches Irish shores.
35 DAYS AGO
When lockdown threatens to keep them apart, Oliver suggests that Ciara move in with him. She sees a unique opportunity for a new relationship to flourish without the pressure of scrutiny of family and friends. He sees it as an opportunity to hide who – and what – he really is.
TODAY
Detectives arrive at Oliver’s apartment to discover a decomposing body inside.
Will they be able to determine what really happened, or has lockdown provided someone with the opportunity to commit the perfect crime?
My thoughts:
Last year I read The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard and absolutely loved it! I knew I would be reading everything she wrote moving forward, so as soon I heard she had a new one coming out, I immediately requested it…and I really enjoyed it.
This book is definitely not what I was expecting and I loved that. Yes, it’s a book set during the pandemic, but I honestly had no issues with that. I’ve already read books set during in and around this so that didn’t bother me at all. I really felt that it was more the idea of the lockdown and making sure you had enough supplies on hand that were addressed here in regards to the pandemic than anything else.
This is a book where just as you get comfortable with where things are heading, something happens to make you question all you think you know. I love books like that…it really keeps you on your toes. Ciara and Oliver have just met when the lockdown goes into effect and decide to move in together so they can keep seeing each other but by the end of the book, one of them is dead.
I loved how it is told using multiple points of view and flashing back and forth in time from the present to the past. It’s a very layered story and you soon realize that nothing is as it seems and there are secrets aplenty! The tension builds slowly and the twists keep you hooked. I definitely did not see that ending coming and loved every second of it.
I am so glad I picked this one up and am certainly going to be reading this author’s backlist while waiting for her next book! If you are ready for a pandemic-related read, I highly recommend this one!
Audio thoughts:
This is a great book to listen to, narrated by Alana Kerr Collins. She has a great Irish accent and it seems so natural. Her pacing and intonation were spot on and she infuses just the right amount of tension and suspense into her voice as needed. I really enjoyed listening to this one.
