Anna is living a double life; a true crime podcast is\nexploring the sinking of a luxury yacht. How are these two things linked?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That\u2019s the set-up for the superb new crime thriller from\nDenise Mina. Anna is having a bad day. Her husband is about to run away with\nher best friend, taking her two daughters with her. Certainly their marriage\nhad been struggling, but had it come to this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To get away from reality, Anna has become a true crime\npodcast addict. The latest one is about the unusual sinking of a luxury yacht\noff the French coast. Anna is floored when she realises she knows the father\nwho died with his two daughters on the boat. The ship\u2019s cook has been jailed\nfor the murders, but the podcast suggests other unearthed evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And what has Anna herself been running away from all these\nyears?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anna teams up with her friend\u2019s ex, a former musician himself\ntrying to recover from an eating disorder. Together, can they get to the bottom\nof what\u2019s happened?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This book is an absolute page-turner and manages to combine\na number of very contemporary and very relevant themes \u2013 not least the surge of\ninterest in true-crime podcasts. The book plays with social media and how the\nclassic \u201con the run\u201d scenario can be affected if members of the public can snap\nyou in airports with their phones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mina keeps us, and her characters, on our toes. The\ncharacters are flawed and believable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I absolutely loved this book \u2013 a wonderful read. <\/p>\n\n\n\n