Today, although I am 2 days late in posting due to personal stuff, I really am jumping for joy to be a part of the Only Child by Casey Kelleher book tour on behalf of Bookouture. Thanks to Bookouture and NetGalley for the ARC of the book to give you my honest thoughts today.
The police are here. The feeling of pure dread swirls in my stomach as a million scenarios start playing out in my head. My whole life I’ve expected something bad to happen to my daughter. It is as if part of me has been expecting it. As if I deserve it.
Fifteen-year-old Kayla is the apple of her parents’ eyes, their beautiful only daughter. They tried for so long to have her that she was even more precious when she arrived. But deep down, her mother Sherrie has always been terrified that their worst fear would come true: that Kayla would be taken from them.
Then one day – just as Sherrie had dreaded – Kayla fails to return home after a sleepover. In desperation, Sherrie and her husband Richard call Kayla’s friends. They scour the streets, their search becoming more and more frantic. Until the police arrive and deliver the shocking news, when their worst nightmare comes true: someone has their daughter.
As Sherrie and Richard grill friends, family, and even each other, Sherrie starts to wonder, has the secret they’ve been hiding all these years finally caught up with them?
Because Sherrie and Richard are living a lie. A lie so huge, so shocking, that it could destroy the one thing they hold most dear – their daughter.
And if the truth comes out, their family will never be the same. But if it doesn’t, they will never see their precious girl again…
A totally unputdownable psychological thriller that will have you gasping out loud until the very last page. If you love Lisa Jewell, K.L. Slater and T.M. Logan, you’ll be obsessed with Only Child.
Only Child is a psychological thriller that I was so eager to read! I have read majority of Casey Kelleher’s books. From gangland grit to the psychological thrillers she has been publishing up to now, I have loved and appreciated each and every book. This one just cemented the fact that I think Casey Kelleher is an amazing author and I am glad she started writing.
Told from multiple perspectives of Sherrie, Kayla and Tessa. Sherrie is 15 year old Kayla’s mum, who, along with her husband Richard have spent their lives making sure Kayla is loved and safe, until the day she goes for a sleepover and doesn’t return. Tessa is a woman with a horrific past who has finally got a life she deserves. Then she sees a face that brings everything flooding back.
Wow! This was a story that really took me by surprise. A psychological thriller that has twist after twist. I never knew who to trust from the start. Sherrie with her smothering of her daughter came across as such a clingy and overbearing mother. There are ‘helicopter’ parents and then Sherrie! Richard disnt seem the nicest man either and Tessa had me changing my mind constantly, with her erractic behaviour. The best characters are the unreliable ones, and there are a few here.
I was glued to my kindle when I was reading this. If I wasn’t reading it, it definitely had me thinking about it. A multi-layered story and one that has depth too. As the plot unfolded I wondered how all the characters stories would entwine. I was second guessing everyone but all my guesses were so wrong. This is my favourite type of book, one that just throws a curveball which throws everything you were thinking right out the window.
A fast paced, oh, so gripping and twisty read that is one of Casey’s best psychological thrillers to date. One that I say is worth every second of the time it takes to read. Brilliant!
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Author Bio
Casey Kelleher was born in Cuckfield, West Sussex, and she grew up as an avid reader.
Whilst working as a beauty therapist and bringing up their three children together with my husband, she penned her debut novel Rotten to the Core. Its success meant that Casey could give up her day job and concentrate on writing full time.
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