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I really enjoyed this story which is a run on from the author's last book - Till The Dust Settles. This is fine to read as a stand alone but the first book is excellent so I would recommend reading it if you get the opportunity as it gives you the background to the characters!
Now on to my review for this book - it has the author's excellent attention to detail and great writing style and I loved the lot. It is well paced and the story really holds your attention - I needed to carry on reading to see how the book ended and I wasn't disappointed!
Four stars from me - a very enjoyable read and highly recommended!
I loved this book that I read in one afternoon. We find Penny who's being watched. While no one needs to know where she lives. When she meets Sophie at the airport looking for work as an au pair her life will change her son Ethan will disappear. With her husband Seth she will change her identity and will have to keep a low profile. To save Ethan, Penny will have to put her life in danger. A very good psychological thriller as I like them. This author has potential I recommend this book.
I loved this first book in this series so excited to read this, it didn't disappoint. Fast paced and full of suspense it will have you on the edge of your seat. Highly recommended.
This was a really good read.
“Penny seizes the chance of a new life for her family when her husband is offered a job in Europe.
At the airport, they meet charming Sophie, fluent in French and looking for work as an au pair. Penny, struggling to cope in France, offers Sophie a job and she soon becomes an important part of the family’s life. But Sophie is hiding something.
Then Penny’s toddler son, Ethan, is abducted and an international hunt for the child
begins.”
After Sophie moves in with the Gates family things seem ok but then she is asked to meet someone with Ethan and things soon spiral out of control from there.
Sophie doesn’t know what she’s got herself into and soon her actions cause a life or death situation.
This is a gripping thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat.
Thanks to Bloodhound Books and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book.
Fast paced thriller from Pat Young that kept my attention so much that I finished this in one sitting.
Penny feels she's being watched. Her entire family is under witness protection and moves to Europe. A chance meeting at the airport, they meet Sophie, an au-pair who is quickly hired and brought into the family.
Then the child goes missing. And Penny and her husband are asked to take part in a broadcast to plead with the kidnappers, but...because of their current witness protection status...they can't.
This book is full of secrets and lies and questions. It's captivating and exciting. There are parts that move so quickly you are afraid that you missing something, but it's all there.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book.
The story of Penny and her family took a while to properly kick off, but once it did... went all over the place. I expected a fast paced, suspenseful thriller with lots of drama, but instead I found myself reading a confusing story about a bunch of annoying people acting in a rather unbelievable way.
I'd love to say that once the kid goes missing the story gets more interesting and edge-of-the-seaty, but no matter how I look at it, I can't overlook how unrealistic and sensationalist it is. It seems like Penny and Sophie only do anything to create tension, even if it makes no sense whatsoever.
Having read and loved the authors first book, I was really looking forward to reading this one! Sadly it just didn’t live up to its predecessor. While the plot is pacy and the chapters short and punchy, the story on the whole is just too unbelievable. I couldn’t connect with the characters, even though they were in the previous book. It just didn’t work for me I’m afraid!
I Know Where You Live is the follow on from Till The Dust Settles. Whilst not essential to have read the first, I do think readers will benefit from having read it and after all it is a great book so why wouldn't you?
The last time we saw "Penny" she was in a witness protection programme. Even though the family are still in it, Penny still feels like someone is watching her. To be fair even if no one had been watching her, she would have been mad to have turned down the opportunity to travel to France. I loved reading the chapters set there. It made me want to hop on a plane and go and see the sights and sounds to experience them for myself.
Sophie is a likeable character and I could see why Penny and Seth would take to her straight away and entrust her with their children. She is great with the kids as well as knowing the local lingo so it seems like a win, win situation having her come into their lives. Obviously like with anything, if something is too good to be true, it usually is.
It's hard to say too much more without giving away some of the plot. You don't have to be a parent for your heart to go out to the family with what they are going through. It is definitely every mothers nightmare for their child to go missing. Especially one so young. I found myself racing through the pages to see if mother and son would be reunited.
I Know Where You Live is a heart wrenching and tense read that drew me in right from the start. The author sets the scene really well and has created characters that the readers fully get behind and care about. Ethan has to be the most adorable little boy I have ever come across in a book. It actually left me feeling quite broody. Only for a moment though! A good solid follow up that is sure to be a hit with fans of Till The Dust Settles.
A suspenseful read, that keeps you reading and turning page after page....
It’s a story that builds momentum as you read, you know what’s going to happen but not sure how and when and that’s the part that makes for page turning reading.
I did find towards the last third of the book, the story seemed to jump and I kept flicking back to see if I had missed things. But that doesn’t take away from this enjoyable read.
A good, easy read, suspenseful light thriller.
Thank you for the arc.