The Serial Killer's Daughter by Alice Hunter
Product details
Web ID: 16835332Super twisted thriller.
Wow. Where do I start with this one? The Serial Killer's Wife was one of my favourite reads last year so I was keen to read The Serial Killer's Daughter and it certainly didn't disappoint. Jenny and Mark are married with two children, Ella and Alfie. Jenny has a secret. Her dad is in prison for life, convicted of multiple murders. She has never told her husband this as she changed her name before they met. Jenny has blackouts brought on by stress. She doesn't remember anything about the time she is out if it. The blackouts start getting more frequent and when bin liners containing dead animals are left on her doorstep she starts to question if she is doing this to herself. A local woman goes missing and Jenny soon finds herself under suspicion as it's Olivia, the woman her husband previously had an affair with. What follows is a brilliantly twisted plot. Written in chapters from the point of view of Jenny, Mark and 'another person'. I really can't praise this enough. I read it in one sitting. Another massive five star read from Alice Hunter and another of my favourite reads of the year so far.
Recommends this product
Customer review from barnesandnoble.com
Totally recommend
A young girl is taken from the streets in a Devon village local vet Jenny is horrified because this kind of thing doesn’t happen here but she’s worried because it’s not the first time she’s been close to a crime scene she’s the daughter of a serial killer and she’s been running her whole life from who she really is but the crime is similar to the crimes her father committed all those years ago and she’s been having black outs and can’t remember and the girl who goes missing is Olivia the girl her husband mark had an affair with Really enjoyed so many twists though out would totally recommend I just reviewed The Serial Killer’s Daughter by Alice Hunter. #NetGalley
Recommends this product
Customer review from barnesandnoble.com
an excellent crime thriller.
4.5★s The Serial Killer’s Daughter is the second novel by British author, Alice Hunter. When veterinarian Jenny Johnson wakes in the early hours of Wednesday morning on her kitchen floor, cold and dirty, her pyjamas stained with wet earth, mud embedded under her nails, she knows she has had another blackout, and wonders just what she has been doing out there. She manages to hide it from her family, although her husband, Mark knows something’s up. More disturbing, though, is the black bin bag she spots near the front steps, containing the mutilated body of a cat, with an extra touch that has her immediately wondering who, from the life she’s tried so hard to leave behind, has found her. After a busy day at her vet practice, Mark mentions the news that has rocked their village of Coleton Combe: Olivia Edwards is missing, believed abducted on her walk home from the local pub the previous evening. He’s keeping to himself the worry that Jenny might be involved, because he has, once before, failed to contain her sleep-walking, and tracked her down to Olivia’s front garden, a rock in her hand. His affair with Olivia is still a sore point between them. Between the police questioning everyone in the village, speculation and gossip amongst the school mums, villagers and clinic staff, and more bin bags with grisly contents, Jenny’s stress levels are sky high, a situation that results in more blackouts, more sleepwalking, more worry about what she might have done, especially when the situation begins to resemble something she has experienced before. It gradually becomes clear that neither of Mark nor Jenny has been entirely honest about their past: Mark has failed to mention impulsive acts following excess alcohol intake; Jenny has refused to talk about her family, never mentioning her manipulative, controlling mother or her serial killer father. Most of the story is told through a dual narrative carried by Mark and Jenny; additional facts are provided by recalled conversations between a father and daughter, and extracts from a true crime book and commentary from the anonymous author about interactions with the book’s subject. The reader may initially wonder just how reliable a narrator Jenny is. Certainly, the second-guessing she engages in about her own actions has strong foundations, and her blackouts and nocturnal activity make her the ideal subject for gaslighting. There are plenty of distractions, red herrings and lots of tension to keep the reader guessing and the pages turning right up to the nail-biting climax. The blurb is slightly misleading and the resolution needs some suspension of disbelief, but still an excellent crime thriller. This unbiased review is from an uncorrected proof copy provided by NetGalley and Avon Books UK.
Recommends this product
Customer review from barnesandnoble.com