‘The Silent Daughter’ by Kirsty Ferguson is her newest thriller and as I always notice with Kirsty Ferguson she does nothing by halves. She always grabs you right from the start and refuses to let go until you have got to the last words. This book is a graphic and quite violent drama.
Danni and Joe have been married for twenty years, high school sweethearts. They have three children, Mia, Alexandra and Noah, these kids are her life. One night she is woken by the dog barking, she gets up and goes to check it out outside, leaving everyone else in bed. Upon going outside the door closes behind her. As she attempts to wake up anyone in the house to open the door for her, she notices the house is on fire. Mia, knocks her out of her shock as she smashes her window to jump out to safety. The rest of the family die in the fire, leaving Danni and Mia bereft. Whilst attempting to come to terms with their loss, the police inform her it was arson.. danni has no clue who would hate them that much to kill them all while they slept.
This is a hard-hitting, emotional, dark and raw story. The realism within this book will hit some like a brick. We all make life choices and they are, for some by necessity because of the hard life they lead. We see Danni’s journey to attempt to discover who would do such a terrible thing. There are graphic images of abuse but this puts Danni’s state of mind and her motivations into perspective.
An excellently plotted story with just the right pace and oh, so many emotions run through your head, which makes for a disturbing but engrossing read, and the ending, well, you will have to see for yourself.
Thank you to Rachel’s Random Resources, NetGalley and Boldwood Books for my copy of this brilliant book. To write this review today.
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