Dead Scared
Richard & Judy bestseller Sharon Bolton exposes a darker side to life in this shocking thriller (Lacey Flint, Book 2)
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4.4 • 103 Ratings
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- £3.99
Publisher Description
A pulse-pounding, spine-tingling thriller perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Cara Hunter and Karin Slaughter from million-copy bestselling author Sharon Bolton
'Mesmerising' -- The Times
'Treading a fine line between horror and thriller ... seriously rich yet relentlessly disturbing' -- Daily Mirror
'Managed to keep me on tenterhooks right up to the thrilling end.' -- ***** Reader review
'A haunting and disturbing read that was very difficult to put down.' -- ***** Reader review
'A perfect mix of thrills, gasps and plot twists.' -- ***** Reader review
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SOMEONE IS WATCHING YOU...
A series of suicides. Each one a female university student. Each one more horrifying than the last.
The police know it cannot be coincidence. But they can't prove it.
They need someone to go undercover. A young policewoman, as vulnerable as the others. As unprepared for the nightmare that will greet her.
Watch your back, Lacey Flint . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Det. Constable Lacey Flint goes undercover in Bolton's outstanding follow-up to 2011's Now You See Me. As a new recruit to SO10, "the special crimes directorate of the Metropolitan Police that deals with covert operations," Flint masquerades as psychology undergraduate Laura Farrow at Cambridge University's St. John's College, where she stays in the same room as a first-year medical student who lit herself on fire during a Christmas party, the latest in a string of suicide attempts. Besides Det. Insp. Mark Joesbury, her boss at SO10, Flint can trust only psychiatrist Dr. Evi Oliver, the head of the university's counseling staff who appeared in 2010's Blood Harvest. Not only has there been a spike in suicides, but the women who've killed themselves many in particularly gruesome ways reported vivid night terrors and dreams of being raped. Though Joesbury wants Flint to simply observe student life, she takes the investigation much deeper and becomes part of the dangerous game she's meant to be preventing. Bolton (winner of two Mary Higgins Clark Awards) never eases up the tension; her tightly coiled plot and heroine on the edge work perfectly in tandem.
Customer Reviews
3.5* rounded up
The book starts and ends, unnecessarily in my opinion, in the present tense. Most is written in the past tense. Parts are written in the first person, parts in the third person. That wasn’t a problem or confusing for me but I know it’s a huge bugbear for some readers. Generally it’s very well written.
I was enjoying this story very much. It promised to be a satisfying and intriguing read, even though I found a few things (I won’t spoil it for future readers by saying what) rather implausible and other things rather unpleasant.
The further the story progressed, the more incredible and absurd I thought things became. I feel that if I’d watched the story as a television drama I would have found it enjoyable, suspenseful and exciting. Reading the action gave me too much time to stop and think about how ridiculous, almost impossible, certain things were. Towards the very end I was skim reading, just to get it over with and I now realise that I’m not sure why certain peripheral people were involved. I don’t care enough to go back and see if everything is explained.
This is a ‘nearly excellent but not quite’ book for me.
Great book
Sharon Bolton is a fantastic writer, awesome story line just like the rest of here books.
Only thing I don't like is the chapters 89 in 400 and odd pages seems a bit excessive, other than that it's amazing!
Dead Scared
Fantastically written by a fantastic author.