I Let You Go: The Richard & Judy Bestseller

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Investigator Ray Stevens and his team work hard to seek justice for a mother who is living every parent's worst nightmare. But gee-whiz, she has the thriller writing chops, she could have used that skill a tiny bit at the beginning. She makes out something about a best friend; a project on space; a new teacher, and she looks down and smiles at his excitement, ignoring the cold that weaves its way through her scarf.

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She runs away - goes off grid - throws her cell phone away -hides out- - 'less' that 3 months after her child is killed. It has some tense, thrilling and shocking moments in it, some you see coming, some you don't, but it's not a boring book by any means. Except that this day is different, her son lets go of her hand and is hit by a car and killed instantly.

Desperate to escape, Jenna moves to a remote cottage on the Welsh coast, but she is haunted by her fears, her grief and her memories of a cruel November night that changed her life forever. The plot wasn't really exciting and then they were other small reveals throughout the story which were so predictable or just unnecessary, like the bit where it turns out Jacob was Ian's son just seemed so pointless and was only thrown in for shock value.

I Let You Go - Clare Mackintosh

The ending is intentionally ambiguous: what do you think happened at the end of the story, and do you think it was the right ending?And I broke down al that just happened and how it all got flipped on its head right there at the end of Part I. You don’t know where I’m coming from and need to read between the lines to know how I felt about a book. It’s a setup that leaves scant room for law enforcement officers or for Kyle Westergaard, the 12-year-old paperboy damaged since birth by fetal alcohol syndrome, who’s walked away from the wreck with a prize all too many people would kill for.

Clare Mackintosh’s ‘I Let You Go,’ and More (Published 2016) Clare Mackintosh’s ‘I Let You Go,’ and More (Published 2016)

Overall, this one gets kudos for originality, for tossing the formula writing out the window and for giving me a story that challenged me, which is just what I am always on the lookout for. DI Ray Stevens is tasked with seeking justice for a mother who is living every parent’s worst nightmare.Perfect for readers of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train and fans of TV dramas like The Missing, lose yourself in I Let You Go, the tense, twisty, emotionally compelling psychological thriller that everyone is talking about. AND, despite all the great quotes I made note of, I can only use one that will give nothing away and tell you very little of this amazing debut, (but I love and believe it.