If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, how much can you trust what you see?
When Maddy Wight is hired to ghostwrite the memoir of world-renowned cosmetic surgeon Angela Reynolds, she jumps at the chance to get her career back on track. But the deeper she digs, the more elusive the doctor becomes.
Confined to Angela’s glass-walled house in the Scottish Highlands, Maddy can’t shake the unsettling feeling of being watched. As a result, she is drawn ever closer to Angela’s enigmatic business partner Scott, whose mercurial moods change as quickly as the darkening moors outside.
Returning to London once the book is finished, Maddy is excited for their future together. But news of Scott’s death shatters the celebrations at the book’s launch party. Which is why, months later and still grieving, she is blindsided to see Scott entering a tube station just in front of her. And before she knows it, she is following him.
In this reimagining of Hitchcock’s Vertigo, jeopardy can be lurking where you least expect it…
I really enjoyed this read. I found that I couldn't put it down and read it in less than 24 hours! I liked our main character, Maddy, but I must say, why, when she had doubts, didn't she just go? You knew from the beginning that something was off; it just wasn't clear what it was.
I liked Maddy because, while she was a really hard worker, she had always been in the shadows, and this book was the chance to finally see her name in print. I think that's why she carried on even though she could sense something was awry. That and the big paycheck! I liked the fact that we also learned a little about her past and her friends too.
You could tell that something was going to happen with her and Scott even though he did have issues. I really enjoyed the mixture of scenes between them as some were so lovely and others Scott was clearly troubled. I loved how the storyline developed, and there were times when I thought that Maddy was losing her mind, if I'm honest.
It had me gripped from the beginning, but I would say that the speed just picked up at about halfway, and I just needed to read faster to find out what exactly was happening and why! It kept me guessing with some things and had a few surprises snuck in too! Really well written, and although it has ended what I call 'cleanly,' I'd love to read more!
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Huge Thanks to Random Things Tours, Emma Bamford and Simon Schuster UK for my place on the blog tour.
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