About the book: Sometimes your first love won’t let you go…
When Lou Wandsworth ran away to France with her teacher Mike Hughes, she thought he was the love of her life. But Mike wasn’t what he seemed and he left her life in pieces.Now 32, Lou discovers that he is involved with teenager Chloe Meadows. Determined to make sure history doesn’t repeat itself, she returns home to confront him for the damage he’s caused.
But Mike is a predator of the worst kind, and as Lou tries to bring him to justice, it’s clear that she could once again become his prey…
My Review: The Fear is C.L. Taylor’s latest psychological thriller and possibly in my opinion her best yet.
I am currently recuperating from an operation and have spent the past few days alternating between sky tv dramas and Netflix, so when the broadband failed this morning and I couldn’t watch TV I started this book.
I often try to work out what makes a book “stand out” for me and this one simply grabbed me from the start and actually didn’t let go until the final page.
Even when I put the book down to make coffee or eat lunch I was thinking about the story, the characters, the plot line, the subject matter. I think I actually may have become slightly addicted to this book.
Yes, it’s an uncomfortable subject matter, child grooming, paedophilia and child abduction. Yes, there is extreme violence and underage sex. However, unfortunately we know from recent news reports this does occur in the real world, but C.L. Taylor has managed to create a page turning, gripping thriller which I thought was brilliant and easily give 5 stars.
About the Author: C.L. Taylor is the Sunday Times bestselling author of five gripping, stand-alone psychological thrillers: THE ACCIDENT, THE LIE, THE MISSING, THE ESCAPE and THE FEAR. Her books have sold in excess of a million copies, been number one on Amazon Kindle, Kobo, iBooks and Google Play and have been translated into over 20 languages. THE ESCAPE won the Dead Good Books ‘Hidden Depths’ award for the Most Unreliable Narrator and THE LIE has been optioned for TV by The Forge who produced National Treasure featuring Robbie Coltrane.
