By: Louise Jensen
Narrator: Helen Keeley
ISBN: 978-0008508500
Publisher: HQ
Publication Date: 04/27/2023
Format: Other
My Rating: 4 Stars
She promised she wouldn’t tell. They made sure she couldn’t…
At her surprise 40th birthday party, Kate Granger feels like the luckiest woman in the world but just hours later her fifteen-year-old daughter, Caily, is found unconscious underneath a bridge when she should have been at school.
Now, Caily lies comatose in her hospital bed, and the police don’t believe it was an accident. As the investigation progresses, it soon becomes clear that not everyone in the family was where they claimed to be at the time of her fall.
Caily should be safe in the hospital but not everyone wants her to wake up. Someone is desperate to protect the truth and it isn’t just Caily’s life that is in danger.
Because some secrets are worth killing for…
My Review
Louise Jensen is a master storyteller and is a pro at spinning suspense with heart, family, and emotion, as indicated in her latest thriller—THE FALL.
Fans of twisty domestic suspense novels will be rewarded.
What happened to fifteen-year-old Caily, unconscious underneath a bridge when she was supposed to be elsewhere?
Kate and Beth are identical twins and best friends. Their daughters, Caily and Tegan (age 15), are BFFs. They love the stage and drama and have been leading up to a big production.
The day after Kate/Beth's 40th surprise birthday party at the barn, Caily is found unconscious under a bridge when she was supposed to be at school rehearsing. A fall from the bridge near her home. She is now in a coma in the hospital.
Was it an accident, or did someone push her? Was there foul play or something sinister?
We learn about the family, Kate, and Matt, and the pressure of keeping their farm afloat. There are many SECRETS. Who can be trusted?
Someone is desperate to protect the truth. Was there something going on at school? Bullying, jealousy, or something else?
As always, Jensen blends well-developed characters and those you care about. Kate, Matt, Caily, Beth, Tegan, and grandparents. Full of suspense, emotion, mystery, suspense, and twisty surprises.
Told from different POVs and the creepy voice of the person responsible for the fall.
The farm and natural setting are both atmospheric, absorbing, and compelling. A page-turner—an emotionally-charged domestic suspense thriller that will leave readers gut-wrenched and gripped.
A big fan of the author, I highly recommend her books! For fans, author Christina McDonald's The Night Olivia Fell.
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Pub Date: April 27, 2023
My Rating: 4 Stars
Praise
"A galloping pulse-pounder."
—Heat
"A very good study of vulnerability, and how our best intentions can often lead us astray."
—The Guardian
"You’ll be left open-mouthed."
—Woman’s Weekly
"The term pageturner was made for books like this."
—Andrea Mara
"The Fall is packed with suspense and tension as lives unravel with each secret that's revealed."
—Alice Hunter
"A gripping, edge-of-your-seat thriller you won’t want to stop reading!"
—Lauren North
"A clever, complex, twisty tale of a family unraveling, and an absolute page-turner of a story. A must-read for lovers of psychological thrillers."
—J A Corrigan
"This book has it all! I was desperate to know how it was going to end."
— J L Blackhurst
About the Author
Louise Jensen is a global No.1 bestselling author of psychological thrillers. Louise has sold over a million copies of her books and her novels have been sold for translation in twenty-five countries, as well as being featured on the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestsellers lists. Louise was nominated for the Goodreads Debut Author of 2016 Award and the Guardian’s Not the Booker 2018. Louise’s thrillers have been optioned for TV and film. WEBSITE
