When a woman approaches Jo Blackmore and asks for a lift it goes against all of Jo’s better judgements to say yes. In the face of this stranger’s relentless plea, Jo finds herself sat next to her in the car.
Quickly Jo realises she should have trusted her gut, when it turns out this woman knows her name, and her husband and holds a glove belonging to her two-year-old daughter in her hand.
After the subtle threat things begin to escalate until Jo finds herself unbelieved by the police, social services and even her own husband.
With little choice to protect her daughter Jo believes she must run, but how far will she get before the truth catches up with her?
This was the first book I have read by Taylor and I was pleasantly surprised. It was superbly well written and kept me guessing at every twist in the story.
I didn’t particularly warm to any of the characters but in this books case I don’t think that was necessarily a bad thing. It just went to prove the strength of the writing that I had no idea who to trust throughout. Even with Jo herself I was torn between ‘she’s doing the right thing’ and ‘she’s crazy’!
There were a couple of times where I found myself a little bored with the doldrum but these periods were, thankfully short before the pace began to pick up again.
I already have my next book by Taylor on the shelf and am very much looking forward to it.
** Thank you to Avon Books UK, via NetGalley, for this ARC **