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East Yorkshire: Alice Lake finds a man on the beach outside her house. He has no name, no jacket, no idea what he is doing there. She invites him in to her home. Lily Monroseâs husband fails to come home. Are these men one and the same? Read Lisa Jewellâs novel to find out. She brings us another brilliant story which is hard to resist. She had my mind spinning while listening to the audio. Highly recommended!
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What a wild ride. This is not a fast paced in your face kinda psychological thriller but a slow unwind, look at the details and can't believe your eyes thriller.
Take place in real time and in flash backs of the events leading to the real time.
The development and backstories are well done and you will be thinking about this story long after you have finished.
Take place in real time and in flash backs of the events leading to the real time.
The development and backstories are well done and you will be thinking about this story long after you have finished.
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This was incredible! It grabbed my interest from the very beginning and I plowed through it quickly
Loved that it was well written + had depth with no extra fluff.
Just a great mystery/thriller that has numerous clever twists!
Loved that it was well written + had depth with no extra fluff.
Just a great mystery/thriller that has numerous clever twists!
Lisa Jewell is a fairly new to me author and I have been enjoying her books. This one is about eccentric, Alice, a single mom of three dogs and three children, in her early forties; doesn't take care of herself, gained weight, hair a mess and wears funky sweatshirts. Her children were from three different men, and she admits to loving sex.
One day she sees a man sitting on the beach in pouring rain. He just stays there looking out at the water. Alice is curious, takes a rain jacket and soup with her to see if she can help him. It turns out he has no memory of his name and why he is there. She takes him home and names him Frank.
And so starts the story, a little slow at first, but building in suspense until I couldn't put the book down. There are twisty parts and I was completely immersed in this story. a mystery exploring twenty years, I found myself holding my breath with each page.
Loved it!
One day she sees a man sitting on the beach in pouring rain. He just stays there looking out at the water. Alice is curious, takes a rain jacket and soup with her to see if she can help him. It turns out he has no memory of his name and why he is there. She takes him home and names him Frank.
And so starts the story, a little slow at first, but building in suspense until I couldn't put the book down. There are twisty parts and I was completely immersed in this story. a mystery exploring twenty years, I found myself holding my breath with each page.
Loved it!
My first book by Jewell and I'll try her again
I don't really know what genre to put this one in, I think maybe just 'drama', it did keep me reading and thinking 'where is this going' and 'what happens next' and 'who are these people', Jewell did a good job of writing this story, it's like 3 stories but all are connected and she did a good job of keeping my attention and wanting to know the ending, for me that is good writing
I don't really know what genre to put this one in, I think maybe just 'drama', it did keep me reading and thinking 'where is this going' and 'what happens next' and 'who are these people', Jewell did a good job of writing this story, it's like 3 stories but all are connected and she did a good job of keeping my attention and wanting to know the ending, for me that is good writing
This is the first book I have read by this author but it won't be the last. I enjoyed every minute of it. Some wonderful characters to root for, the unfolding of mysterious events past and present and a nice wrap up in the end.
Alice Lake is a frazzled single mother of three children. One day she spots a man on the beach; he is alone and getting drenched in the rain. Despite her better judgement, Alice goes to talk to him. He has no memory of who he is or where he came from. Alice is drawn to him, and she invites him to stay in the shed on her property. Her young daughter dubs him "Frank." Meanwhile, in Surrey, Lily reports her husband missing. Married for less than a month, Lily cannot believe that her husband would simply abandon her: they are madly in love. She hasn't been in the country for long, though, and soon Lily learns that the name on her husband's passport was fake: he never truly existed. Cut to more than twenty years ago: teenagers Gray and Kirsty are (reluctantly) on vacation with their parents. While on the beach, they meet a young man who clearly has eyes for fifteen-year-old Kirsty. He charms their parents, but quickly rubs Gray the wrong way. Together, these characters combine for Jewell's latest.
This was a rather spellbinding novel for me, even if it requires you to sort of check your rational thought at the front door when beginning it. Alice is a bit of an odd duck--a loner mom with three children by three different fathers who doesn't really play by the rules. The fact that she so easily invites a complete stranger, with no history or backstory, to stay with her family is rather bizarre. As is everyone's reluctance to not just report Frank missing (found?), to say, the police. But we're led to believe that this is rather par for the course for the eccentric Alice and if you can just go along with that, the story falls into place fairly easily. This novel probably came along at a good point for me: I'd just finished a big project at work and needed something for a quick escape. I FOUND YOU is perfect for that: I blew through it in about 24 hours and while I basically had things figured out, it kept me guessing the entire time, wondering if I was right.
I was never truly attached to any of Jewell's characters - Alice is a bit flighty, Lily a tad remote, and Gray and Kirsty a little young. If anything, I was almost more drawn to "Frank" and his predicament. Still, I enjoyed how the story unfolded in bits and pieces, slowly letting the reader in on the past, while still giving us points of view from Lily, Alice, and Frank in the present. As I said, I was never quite sure if I was on the right track with the story, which kept me compulsively reading. Many of the characters' decisions are a bit bizarre, but I still found this to be a fun, quick read for a bit of an escape. Overall, 3.5+ stars. Great for a vacation or an airplane ride. More at http://justacatandabookatherside.blogspot.com
This was a rather spellbinding novel for me, even if it requires you to sort of check your rational thought at the front door when beginning it. Alice is a bit of an odd duck--a loner mom with three children by three different fathers who doesn't really play by the rules. The fact that she so easily invites a complete stranger, with no history or backstory, to stay with her family is rather bizarre. As is everyone's reluctance to not just report Frank missing (found?), to say, the police. But we're led to believe that this is rather par for the course for the eccentric Alice and if you can just go along with that, the story falls into place fairly easily. This novel probably came along at a good point for me: I'd just finished a big project at work and needed something for a quick escape. I FOUND YOU is perfect for that: I blew through it in about 24 hours and while I basically had things figured out, it kept me guessing the entire time, wondering if I was right.
I was never truly attached to any of Jewell's characters - Alice is a bit flighty, Lily a tad remote, and Gray and Kirsty a little young. If anything, I was almost more drawn to "Frank" and his predicament. Still, I enjoyed how the story unfolded in bits and pieces, slowly letting the reader in on the past, while still giving us points of view from Lily, Alice, and Frank in the present. As I said, I was never quite sure if I was on the right track with the story, which kept me compulsively reading. Many of the characters' decisions are a bit bizarre, but I still found this to be a fun, quick read for a bit of an escape. Overall, 3.5+ stars. Great for a vacation or an airplane ride. More at http://justacatandabookatherside.blogspot.com
