Thursday 19 May 2016

Darkest Place by Jaye Ford

"What if a stranger is watching you sleep -and no one believes you?"

Carly Townsend has moved to Newcastle from her small, rural, childhood town hoping to escape over a decade of regret, guilt and heartache. She believes she has finally found her sanctuary, an apartment on the 4th floor of a renovated warehouse. The best part? She is finally all by herself.

Imagine Carly’s sheer terror when she wakes up on the third night to see the shadow of a man watching her sleep. The police are very attentive and helpful, fingerprinting, double checking the locks and checking for other entry points. A week later they are back again, slightly less helpful. After the 3rd late night call out the police let her know that there has never been any evidence of an intruder. She does know that wasting police time is a crime, right? If she is that desperate for attention they can give her the name of someone to talk to.

Walking the tightrope between reality and paranoia, her psychologist suggests it is all just a dream. Trying her hardest to believe this, the doubt quickly creep in again as her nocturnal visitor ups the anti. When she begins to bear the physical scars, Carly soon realises that something more sinister is going on.

Who do you turn to in a new town when you don’t know who you can trust and the Police think you are crazy?

Carly is forced to do something she has avoided for decades- take charge. Can she keep not only herself but her small group of new found friends safe from something she is not even sure is real?

This book hooked me in from the first chapter. It was read in one sitting and kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time! (Except when I was checking that all my doors and windows were locked) I will definitely be reading the rest of Jaye Ford’s books.

Catalogue link: Darkest Place

Posted by KC

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