BOOK REVIEW: What Lies Within by Audrey Finch

As you know, I’m currently undertaking a reading challenge of 125 books in a year. I am woefully failing right now so when asked if I’d like to review the above eBook(*), I agreed, hoping it’d bring me closer to target. 

Contrary to what you may be led to believe by the cover, this book, although having plenty of scenes set in a church, is barely religious at all. Instead, it touches on some hard-hitting subjects such as affairs, drugs, murder and sexuality.

The main character Pat is easily likeable – she is only young and very naive at the beginning of the book, but she soon grows into a strong and independent young women. When her brother goes missing, she takes it upon herself to find out what has happened to him and unearths a mountain of trouble and corruption as she goes.

I found the book to go at a steady pace, meaning you were never bored or distracted, and she had written the characters personalities very well – some really had me fooled! I was kept guessing right until the end about what was actually going on and I love the way the book ended, leaving you wanting more.I was more than a little suspicious of the DCI, suspicions which were left unfounded, but I enjoyed finding that out along the way.

All in all, this eBook is a fantastic read – especially if you are a big fan of crime fiction like me – the characters are likeable or despicable, depending on their role, the story is quick and edgy; fast-paced and interesting enough to make sure you don’t want to put the book down. It focuses on typical ‘crime’ subjects such as affairs, drugs and of course murder; but the added addition of Pat’s sexuality and what it means to the story keeps you gripped to the very end.

What Lies Within is available to buy for the bargain price of £1.99 from Amazon. Does this sound like your kind of read?

xo

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