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What happens when a serial killer forgets that he’s a serial killer?
At Sunset House the tea is barely introduced to a teabag, the carpets are permanently flecked with glitter and care assistant Jolene would rather be watching daytime television than caring for the elderly – but someone might just have confessed to murder.
Most think Gilbert’s sudden claim – ‘When I killed her’ – is likely to be the dementia talking.
Or a spoiler for Midsomer Murders.
Probably.
Now, between bingo, staff drama and a suspicious game of pass the parcel, someone’s about to dig up more than buried memories…
Review:
Oh how I wanted to adore this book! The premise alone was enough to have me writing chapters in my head! But as we know reality is never what we come up with in our heads....sigh...This ebook is only$2.99 right now on Amazon, and if you want to give it a go- that's what I'd tell you to pay for it. No more...
The book starts off well enough, as the different characters are introduced, and your inner mystery reader attenae starts thinking 'six degrees of separation- this is gonna be good', until suddenly you're confused, and lost. I'm not sure if there were too many editors, or not enough of one, but the story starts dragging and by midway, you're loosing some threads and sensing they are never going to get properly resolved, and what humor there was is gone by 3 chapters in. The reader knows what could have been by midway- how the story could have been written better, to keep the reader engaged, and by the last half, you just feel like you have to finish it, to make sure it ends like you think. Only.... it doesn't. And that's not in a good way. It felt like the ending was taken after 4 chapters were removed, tacked into an epilogue instead of telling us what happened. The reader feels let down and disappointed for the lackluster ending and for what the book COULD have been. Did anyone editor read the book????? Honestly it felt like a self- published novel with no feedback ever given. I know I'm giving a harsh review and I think it is because I was SO disappointed. I have read too many books and the premise of this one had the potential to be DIFFERENT and fresh, and it just totally failed- like fell off the cliff failed. And it appears the author wants to make it into a series? Nope, please don't. Go back and rewrite this one. If you're looking for a book that leads you to writing your own version, then this might work for you.
About the Author:
Julie Lancaster graduated with a law degree and currently works as a library assistant. She lives in Staffordshire. Her previous book, The Weight of Small Things was longlisted for the Guardian Not the Booker Prize 2020.
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