The Favour: The gripping new thriller from an author 'at the top of British psychological suspense writing' (Observer)

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As always read these books too fast and wish I had taken more time and can't wait for the next one . In this unputdownable new thriller from the bestselling author duo behind House of Correction, a woman finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation after her first love suddenly turns up in her life asking for a favour – and shortly after turns up dead.

Supposed intelligent dedicated physician somehow has enough time and stupidity to get herself involved with the one that got away and never apologised for almost killing her in a car crash 11 years earlier. Come down the travelators, exit Sainsbury's, turn right and follow the pedestrianised walkway to Crown Walk and turn right - and Coles will be right in front of you. It sounds like a simple request from someone she used to love unbeknown to Jude this decision will turn her life upside down.

Whilst I struggled with Jude as a main character, I still appreciated the author’s writing style, which I always find refreshing and a bit dreamy and which makes the images come to life in that blurry, slow-motion aspect nightmares are made of (perfect for a mystery). There are plenty of red herrings as we meet different characters – and some of them do seem a little wasted, as they do not bring much to the plot other than a little bit of distraction. This book is like that, great concepts, great world building, lots of nice mystery, but all a bit underwhelming by the end. We get some insight into how smitten she was 11 years earlier but even she admits he was kinda dangerous and unpredictable. By the mid-nineties Sean had had two novels published, The Imaginary Monkey and The Dreamer of Dreams, as well as numerous non-fiction books, including biographies of Jane Fonda and Brigitte Bardot.

Then, one day her first love, Liam, turns up at her work out of the blue saying he wants her to do him a favour, though he’s vague about what this favour is. Who is she, the book asks, subliminally, when all these factors that tether her to her social self are untied and can she re-forge an identity for herself?I couldn’t put the book down and loved the surprising twists and uncertainty that lingers throughout the book. Sowohl die Protagonistin Jude als auch die seltsamen Nebencharaktere sind mir mehr und mehr auf den Wecker gegangen.

I am still a fan of Nicci French even though I preferred other books she has written more than this one, which I would rate 3.

After agreeing to the favour Jude’s world is turned upside down and she finds herself caught up in a murder investigation. Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook). This read has many elements, a murder mystery along with jealousy, regret and late in the book unrequited love revealed. When Liam is murdered, Jude finds herself in a tangled web that seems to pull more tightly around her at every turn.

I received a gifted copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review as part of the readalong hosted by Tandem Collective UK. Her fiancé is even less convinced than DI Fox, and suddenly, that one decision turns her life upside down. I loved the premise of agreeing blindly to a “favour” a person you owe something to asks of you, without knowing any details, and then having to reap the unforeseen circumstances – this had so much potential to be tense and even a bit creepy (like one of their earlier novels SECRET SMILE).Occasionally, Jude’s actions seem a bit bizzare for an educated woman, but as the story unfolds you begin to understand why some things are like they are (although it still makes some of her actions a little questionable – I mean, she really does not seem to spot a warning sign…). She fills her days with swimming, fishing, quilting, and baiting the tourists who arrive from the city with more money than sense. Many thanks to Scene of the Crime and William Morrow via NetGalley for providing me an advance copy of this book. Jude Winter hasn’t seen her high school boyfriend in over a decade, since that one heady summer night when a car crash changed everything.