Hey all! I have Tracy Martin-Summers brand new release 101 on the blog today. I was lucky enough to be gifted a copy of the book from Tracy herself in return for an honest review.
Alice glanced at the property brochure resting on her lap and let out a sigh. She was on her way to Cedar Grove which, according to the brochure set out before her, was the answer to her prayers. The estate agent had promised that this was the one. The most perfect house, with everything she had asked for.
She smiled as she took in the sight of the pretty, quirky semi at the end of the road with its royal blue shutters and coordinating front door. There was something about this house that moved her. Something was drawing her to it.
So why was it that their world started to crumble around them bit by bit, as though they had been hit by a demolition project, destroying everything they held dear, especially one another?
Who was doing this to them and why had her neighbour, Sally, disappeared along with the rest of the neighbourhood? There was no one left. The vision, as described on the day of the viewing had vanished, fallen off the face of the earth and she was deemed psychotic. Was she losing her mind? She didn’t think so…
101 is a psychological thriller that has the supernatural skilfully interwoven throughout. I have read this authors other books and so enjoy them. Upon being offered an ARC of the book, I almost snatched Tracy Martin-Summers’ hand off!
Alice and Will are looking for their forever home, but Alice had a vision that means the house has to fit an awful lot of her criteria! Will and even the estate agent have got to the point that they leave Alice to the viewings. Then she finds ‘the one’. The house she just falls in love with. They go ahead and buy it, without Will ever seeing it.
Six months later, they move into their new home, but to Alice’s total confusion, nothing is the same. The house is not pristine as when she viewed it six months earlier, even the neighbours aren’t there! Is Alice taking a backwards step with her mental health again? Or is something more sinister happening? As everything begins to unravel for the couple, it begjns to look like their forever home and their relationship are crumbling around them.
Wow! I won’t say much about the plot, I really dont want to spoil it for anyone. All I can say is…well, I never thought that would happen!! Tracy Martin-Summers writes this story so, so well. I had no idea what was happening. Wasn’t sure if Alice was going mad or whatever. I felt for Alice as soon as it became clear what had happened in the past. I could empathise with Will, too. I would have been as confused and worried as he was, as his wife’s mental health started to decline.
The way the story unfolds had me scartching my head, attempting to rationalise everything. The only trouble was, I couldn’t. I was guessing so wildly all the way. That’s the sign of a great book. Especially as the final few chapters fly by, too!
101 is such an atmospheric and tense read. I was turning pages with no idea of what was going on, and it made me so curious to get to the truth. The more things happened, the tenser I became, and the pages just flew by. I didn’t want to put it down, I was that invested. I looked forward to picking up the book again to rejoin Alice and Will.
I can only say that the way the author pulls every thread together is so clever. As everything starts to drop into place around Alice and Will and I thought this was it. Tracy Martin-Summers delivers a stunning blow with the conclusion! I never expected the final twist, and it left me with my jaw almost on the floor. So well done! I knew this author wrote twisty tales, but with 101, she beats them all! It’s out now!!
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Author Bio
Born in Harrow Weald, England in 1964, Tracy Martin Summers lived most of her early years in and around the Middlesex area. Tracy has always enjoyed writing but it had only been in the last few years that she started to take this more seriously and has now produced her first adult fiction crime novel. She settled in Bedfordshire with her second husband in 2014 and now writes whenever she gets a spare moment.
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