Anna Wharton – The Imposter

‘The Imposter’ by Anna Wharton is a psychological thriller that kept me thinking about it long after I had finished the book.

Chloe works as a newspaper archivist during the day then goes home to look after her Nan. Just reading about others lives as she files the newspaper clippings away is all she needs in life. There is one story that she can’t get out of her head. A girl her age Angie Kyle, who went missing twenty years ago. The girls parents have never given up hope. As Chloe’s nan is moved into a nursing home she is almost homeless until she spots an ad for a lodger…in the home of Angie Kyle’s parents, is this the opportunity for Chloe to get closer to the story she is fixated on, or has she bitten off more than she can chew? As the saying goes.

Chloe really struggles with her identity and the fact her nan has got dementia does not help her at all. Everything she has is slipping away, the only concrete thing she feels she has is the facts she knows about Angie Kyle’s disappearance. As the story unfolds we see Chloe become so obsessed she has an actual ‘murder wall’ with all the facts of her disappearance. Even the idea of moving in with Angie’s parents makes you think she is on the edge. The question is has Chloe found something really concrete or is it her sanity? Is she so close to a breakdown or, has she found her way into something she may not get out of?

A book that is a dark and twisty story, so twisty you never know who you are dealing with. Anna Wharton has deftly woven a web in which makes you think one thing and then you realise that this is a blind alley and you are veering off to another tangent. strap yourself in and get ready for the read!

Thanks to Random Things Tours and Mantle Books for my copy of the book.