‘Gone Before’ by Sam Hepburn is a psychological thriller that has more twists and turns than the motorway that is known as Spaghetti junction in the UK!
Phoebe lives in Botswana with her mother, Roz. Roz passes away and Phoebe discovers a letter in which she finds out she is not Roz’s biological child but the daughter of a woman, famous for her husband and the rock and roll lifestyle they led. Phoebe finds she is Maya really and is the subject of the most famous missing persons case in the U.K. In fact, she went missing when she was five years old, never been seen since! She makes the decision to discover her mother and who she is by birth. This sets the wheels in motion for a fantastically thrilling story that I just had to keep reading.
This is the kind of book that keeps you interested. Like I say there are so many twists, turns and lies that you have to just keep reading if only to keep the suspense in check. The fact that you can’t be sure who is lying and who is telling the truth keeps you on the edge of your seat. I think Phoebe has some guts, she is dogged in her determination to dig the truth out, even while she is experiencing so many emotions and taking one step forward and four steps back all the time. She makes it her aim to find the truth even though the people around her are hiding it as well as they can.
A riveting and fascinating search for the truth which turns out to be even more complex than first anticipated! It kept me on my toes anyway. I thoroughly enjoyed this and will be on the lookout for more of Sams books in the future.
Thanks to Bookouture and NetGalley for the copy of this book for my review today.
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