Blog Tour & Review | The Ex by Diane Saxon

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Today is the blog tour for The Ex by Diane Saxon – please do check out the other bloggers participating in the blog tour as well! Thanks go to Rachel’s Random Resources and the author for allowing me to be a part of this tour.

About The Book

Sometimes your past just won’t let go…

As a heat wave grips the country, DS Jenna Morgan is called to a domestic incident at the home of a young family in Ironbridge.
Pregnant Imelda Cheetham-Epstein has been found unconscious by her husband, Zak with serious head injuries.
When Jenna arrives on the scene, she discovers something even more disturbing – the couple’s eleven-month-old son, Joshua, is missing and the race against time begins to find him.

Is this an accident or something more sinister? Are the two incidents linked? Or has something in the Cheetham-Epstein’s past caught up with them?

Diane Saxon is back with a gripping new psychological crime novel, perfect for fans of Cara Hunter and Carol Wyer.

My Review

I have mentioned my love for this author’s work time and time again, both on this blog and my book blog. I even put TWO of her books in my top 5 books of 2020! So you could say this book had a lot to live up to. The 4th book in the DS Jenna Morgan series, I needn’t have been worried – giving it 5 out of 5 stars.

I have now read three of the four books in the series (with plans to read the one I am missing ASAP) and I really have fallen in love with the characters, not least Domino – the dalmatian! Jenna is dealing with the events of the previous book and the author has written her struggle well.

The plot was gripping and kept pace well. We are introduced to Emily Shenton in the first chapter and we soon come to see that she isn’t quite right. She is still obsessed with her ex who is now married with a toddler and another baby on the way. When the new wife is found unconscious with a serious head injury, everyone is worried for both her and the baby and the team try to work out exactly what happened – originally believing it to be an accident before thinking it may be a domestic accident.

When it is revealed the toddler is now missing and a neighbour has CCTV showing a hooded figure leaving with the toddler, it soon becomes clear that this was not an accident or a domestic incident but rather infiltration from the outside. The chase is on as they race to find Joshua, the toddler, before anything can happen to him and to find out exactly who is responsible for all of the events.

The plot involves a mental health storyline which is written and handled very well. It is clear the author has done her research and has been very tentative when writing the story, getting it spot on.

Will DS Jenna Morgan find the toddler in time and will they work out who is behind it all? You bet they’ll try!

About The Author

Diane Saxon previously wrote romantic fiction for the US market but has now turned to writing psychological crime. Find Her Alive was her first novel in this genre and introduced series character DS Jenna Morgan. She is married to a retired policeman and lives in Shropshire.

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