Thursday 7 September 2017

Book Review - Lost in the Lake by A J Waines ~ Publication day!


!! PUBLICATION DAY !!

TITLE - Lost in the Lake

AUTHOR - A J Waines

PUBLICATION DATE:- 07th September 2017 

GENRE - Psychological Thriller

SYNOPSIS
She came at first for answers…now she’s back for you

Amateur viola player Rosie Chandler is the sole survivor of a crash which sends members of a string quartet plunging into a lake. Convinced the ‘accident’ was deliberate, but unable to recall what happened, she is determined to recover her lost memories and seeks out clinical psychologist, Dr Samantha Willerby.

But Rosie is hiding something…

Sam is immediately drawn to the tragic Rosie and as she helps her piece the fragments together, the police find disturbing new evidence which raises further questions. Why is Rosie so desperate to recover her worthless viola? And what happened to the violin lost in the crash, worth over £2m?

When Rosie insists they return to the lake to relive the fatal incident, the truth about Rosie finally creeps up on Sam – but by now, she’s seriously out of her depth…

The second book in the Dr Samantha Willerby series, Lost in the Lake is a nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat Psychological Thriller that will leave you glancing over your shoulder.




MY REVIEW

I am always wary about reading a book when it is number 2 or 3 etc. in a series, as I wonder if I would miss something going on in the background. Well I didn't have to worry about this book as it works great as a standalone novel.

I initially found the story a bit slow, but I could tell it was going to pick up as it was starting to hold my interest. I found the character of Sam, the Psychologist, as a very strong and caring person. She seemed very enthusiastic about helping Rosie.

Rosie was a very interesting character. She came across as vulnerable, but to me she also seemed quite unstable. For some reason as I was reading the book, there was just something about her that I didn't trust, and this was with me throughout the book. She had been in a serious road traffic accident, where the van had gone into the lake, and her "friends" were missing. However she seemed more interested in getting her lost viola back than to finding her friends, and her focus was more on the viola. She was hoping that Sam could tell her how or why the accident had happened as she couldn't remember. I still didn't trust her though and was very keen to see what it was about her that made me mistrust her so much.

The author managed to hold my interest throughout, despite the slow start. I kept coming up in my head with my own theories about why Rosie was like she was, only for the Author to take me in another direction and make me change my mind. It was the gaps in her memory that were making me think, could she really remember or was she lying. It really kept me guessing.

I didn't see the ending coming which is just what you would expect from a well written book. Yet another great read from AJ Waines. 


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

AJ Waines writes Psychological Thrillers. *Over 400,000* copies sold in 13 countries, worldwide

A Number One Bestselling Author - GIRL ON A TRAIN topped the UK and Australian Kindle Charts in 2015 & 2016

*A Kindle (KDP) TOP 10 'MOST-READ AUTHOR' in UK (2016)*

All her books can be read in any order:
The Evil Beneath, Girl on a Train, Dark Place to Hide, No Longer Safe, Inside the Whispers, (#1 in Sam Willerby series but also stands alone), Lost in the Lake, (#2 in series but also stands alone)

Find them all at: Amazon.co.uk orAmazon.com

Formerly a Psychotherapist for fifteen years, she has worked with ex-offenders from high-security institutions, giving her a rare insight into abnormal psychology. She is fascinated by secrets and lies, crimes of passion, devious motives and anything hidden under floorboards.

AJ lives in Hampshire, UK, with her husband.


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