Miranda Rijks – The Arrangement

The Arrangement by Miranda Rijks is a thriller which will have you on the edge of your seat, a mother desperate for the truth who will go to any lengths to find it.

Grace’s daughter, Abi has gone to South Africa to meet up with her best friends for some time out. While there she is murdered which leaves her family in pieces. Abi’s friends are all part of a tight-knit circle, Grace is friends with both sets of parents. Grace discovers some rather unsettling facts which make her wonder why her daughter was in South Africa on the dates she was and other details that don’t sit right. The story unfolds when she discovers Abi was living a totally separate life than what she knew and the more she digs the worse it becomes. Grace begins to think that Abi’s killing wasn’t a random one like everyone thought but a targeted one and maybe the killer is closer than she thinks.

I totally empathised with Grace in her grief and her search for the truth about Abi. Miranda has again written a book that has touched my deepest emotions as a mother with daughters. I was with her every step of the way and her grief touched me. This is an exceptionally written thriller with well-developed characters and a plot that was so believable especially in these days that we live now.

Thanks to Inkubator Books for the ARC to take part in this Damp Pebbles Blog Tour today.