Nevis has grown up knowing that Honor, her mother’s best friend adapted her when she was a baby. What she wasn’t aware of was the tragic reason why her mother was no longer around. Honor has held this truth close, and given Nevis the best life she could keeping Zoe’s memory alive.

Nevis has always felt a little different from the world but is doing well studying maths and biosciences at University, she’s finally made a friend who gets her and her life is good. Then tragedy strikes. Nevis uses her mathematical skills to try and make everything make sense. But it doesn’t. Why would women with their lives before them chose to commit suicide, and what do they all have in common? Honor, relocates to support her daughter and the rollercoaster of a story begins.

There are twists and turns as you follow the characters wanting to know who, why and where. All coming to a crashing conclusion.

A really good (and having a teenage daughter, hopefully fictional) read about how those in power can (and have, in the past) taken advantage of those they should be protecting and what could happen when institutions put reputation before duty of care.

One girl jumps from Clifton Suspension Bridge, and another one dies soon after - but was it suicide or something else. Nevis is a brilliant mathematician who is trying to understand why her best friend tried to kill herself - what is going on? Nevis’s mother Honor tries to help investigate but finds more secrets and lies from 20 years previously. How far will she go to protect her daughter?
Christopher Cullen is the Dean of the university - but how much is he involved in the deaths of the students? What is he not telling his wife?
A well written, thought provoking story of what can happen at universities with vulnerable students - scary reading for some!

Well plotted and a gripping read.

Two Wrongs follows Honor as she rushes to Brisol to help her daughter Nevis following the suicide attempt of her best friend.

It's an intricate and well thought out plot that left me guessing. Characters with depth, who weren't always likeable but I was still rooting for them. And a pace that kept me reading.

Well recommended.

I struggled with this book and found it too slow paced for me and did not connect with the characters. Struggled getting to the end of this one.

Really enjoyed this book, I love a book that is fast paced and gets to the point - this was everything I could ask for and more! The tension between the 2 main characters was so intense I psychically struggled to put this book down!

I found this very hard to get into and the first half definitely was very slow. The second half of the book picked up but I also found it quite difficult to relate to any of the characters. Even though the plot was fairly interesting, everything just took so long to play out that I lost interest. Not my favourite.

I was really disappointed with this, i really hated the characters and found the story unbelievable and frustrating.

To begin with I found the pacing a little slow for my liking, the drama for the bridge scene a little lacking, but soon found that I was hooked and desperate to continue reading. It becomes rather compelling when obvious secrets are there, cover ups are taking place and people are less than scrupulous.

I found Nevis a wonderful and complex character. A little socially awkward, not street wise and perhaps a little vulnerable and naive. She takes things a little too literally which had me chuckling at times. Honor, too, is a brilliant character. Completely loyal and faithful with so much love for her daughter.

A great psychological thriller with dark gritty secrets, intensity and suspense. But be warned it does cover heavier and darker topics. Definitely one to read!

The book starts off well enough. A woman walking home from work finds a young woman about to commit suicide and tries to stop her and calls the girls friend for help. Then it switches to her friend racing to stop her. The story then centres around the friend trying to discover why. The friend has trouble connecting with people (likely Aspergers) and blames herself.
Its one of those books you can pick up and put down. It took me quite a while to finish the book, weeks in fact. Whilst questions are answered and it does show how badly universities deal with suicide and abuse of power, for me the story was lacking. I wanted to hear from the girl on the bridge in her own words.
Probably its a book you can read travelling to and from work or on your lunchbreak. It will keep your interest but not so much that you miss your stop.


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I'm sorry but I'm just gonna say it.... I found 80% of this SO boring! I so very nearly threw in the towel numerous times but pushed on VERY slowly.. it was only the last 20% that offered any excitement at all!

The character connection just wasnt there, it didn't grab my attention and it just felt dull as dishwater.

1*

Thanks to netgalley and HQ for the ARC.

I like reading books set in the uk so I enjoyed that this was set in Bristol.

The book doesn’t reinvent the thriller genre but it’s an enjoyable read, possibly for holiday as it doesn’t need much thinking.

I really enjoyed this book. It was gripping and fast paced. It shows that a mother will always be there for her child.

Two Wrongs is so boring that I had to be kind to myself and throw in the towel at 92%. The struggle up to that point was real and I usually don't quit a book so close to the finish line but there came a point I had to admit to myself that I just did not care about any of it.

The best word I can think of to describe this book is 'overwrought.' The prose right from the beginning is an absolute slog. Most of the pages and pages of introspect padding each chapter is just repetitive, self-indulgent rambling. The majority of the rest of the text is littered with silly, meaningless metaphor which I had to skim from about 30% of the book onward in order to keep my sanity. Even committing to focusing mainly on the dialogue was an unpleasant chore because I didn't like or care about any of the characters. In fact one of the P.O.V characters has less life in her than Jerry Nadler's soiled underwear and the other is outright repulsive. The most likeable character in the book is the villain and that says a lot.

The reveals were completely unimpactful because the twists were obvious from about 10 miles away and the weird made-up facts about Bristol that the author kept inserting (e.g Bristol is so windy that you can't ever expect to have a good hair day and Bristol having its own type of rain that's not really rain but more of a fine mist) leads me to believe she's never even visited Bristol, let alone lived here.

This all added up to my severe dislike for this book and I'm glad it's over. I can't recommend it to anyone, I'm afraid.

I give it a generous 2*

I really enjoyed this book, it was a great plot and the characters were very interesting. I would recommend this book..

Two Wrongs is a standalone thriller where the focus is on students attending the same university.

Sondra is walking home after her shift at Bristol Royal Infirmary when, on the Clifton suspension bridge, a young woman climbs over the safety railings and prepares to jump to her death. The woman is Satnam Mann, a student at Avon university, and Sondra tries to intervene. She persuades Satnam to call her best friend and flatmate Nevis Smith before she is taken to the hospital for treatment. Introverted and autistic Nevis can't understand what would have made Satnam want to end it all and is sad that she didn't share her problems with her. Nevis texts her estranged mother, Honor, who she has not spoken to in months, but right now needs her presence. Honor is awakened by the text message and her mother's instincts tell her that something is wrong so heads for Bristol.

Satnam's parents weren't impressed when their daughter chose to go to university. Satnam's academic performance was declining and she had been concerned that her parents would pile on the pressure to return home. When another from the university succeeds in killing herself, Nevis begins to investigate.

Two Wrongs is a riveting thriller with an original plot and a wicked misdirection that reveals duplicity, explosive secrets, and betrayals. Brimming with intense drama, it is told from the perspectives of three characters including Satnam and Nevis and precisely how their lives and their plot threads merge is masterfully executed. A very worthy five stars.

I received a complimentary copy of this novel at my request from HQ via NetGalley. This review is my own unbiased opinion.

Girls are dying in Bristol from what looks like suicide.
Nevis’s best friend attempts to kill herself .
What is going on and why are these girls trying/killing themselves.
Nevis tries to find out but her mother doesn’t want her digging to deep as Honour has secrets from the fast which could collide with what’s going on now.
Good read
Thanks NetGalley

Although the story was easily worked out early on, I enjoyed reading this book and liked the character of Honour. However I found some of the other characters totally vile. I believe this book was well researched and I’m sure that the scandal is not solely confined to these pages but is probably going on in the real world. A good four star read only losing one star because as I’ve already stated, there was no subtlety in the story.

A university student is found on the edge of the Clifton Suspension Bridge about to jump, which is followed by two more suicides, leading to Honor’s concern that more will follow. This book explores what led to the suicides and cover ups involved by the university, as well as to a link a few decades before.
I found the characters difficult to engage with, or care about. However I did find the last 20% exciting as different parts of the story came together and led to a tense climax.

‘Two Wrongs’ is the latest book by Mel McGrath.

In the city of Bristol, young women are dying in mysterious circumstances. The deaths look like suicides – but are they something more sinister? Honor is terrified that her daughter might be next. But as she looks for clues as to what really happened to the girls, she stumbles upon a link to a dark secret in her own past – one that she’s kept from her daughter. Now Honor has the chance to avenge her child for the terrible events of years ago. But how far will she go to protect her daughter and right the wrongs done to her family?

‘Two Wrongs’ is gripping psychological thriller that explores the power dynamics and ethics between students and university professors.

The story is seen from the perspective of Nevis who’s best friend with Satnam who attempts to take her own life. Puzzled as to why Satnam, a seemingly intelligent and happy woman would try to throw herself off a bridge. Nevis starts her own investigation into her best friend’s life and discovers that she has a different life that she was unaware off. Nevis’s mother called Honour, is concerned about her daughter. Although, they are not biological mother and daughter, Honor wants to be there for her daughter and help her through this dark time. But as she tries to be there for her daughter, Honor finds herself delving into past and having to sir up unwanted memories. The story is also seen from the narrative of the Dean of the university Cullen who’s under immense pressure in both his personal and professional life, with his wife wanting to have a baby, a mother in a nursing home with financial worries and suicide campaign happening at his university.

The main characters in the story make an interesting mix of personalities, Nevis is a mathematician and approaches issues with mathematical thinking. She’s a bit of an awkward character, who has to come out of her shell as she looks into her best friend’s lifestyle and tries to make sense of her life. Her relationship with her mother is taunt, having lost her biological mother to suicide, she’s overcome with the situation and retreats from Honor’s support.

The book has short snappy chapters that keeps the reader engaged, the characters are flawed with real life issues, such as abuse and finance and riddled with twists that weave seamlessly together. With twisted relationships and suspense throughout, ‘Two Wrongs’ explores hard hitting issues with compassion and clever writing in this gripping, psychological thriller.

You can pre-order ‘Two Wrongs’ from Amazon and will be available to buy from good bookshops from 4th March 2021.

I enjoyed Two Wrongs, it kept me gripped throughout. I liked the way it switched between characters and gave the different stories. The portrayal (I’m assuming as it wasn’t ever clarified) of a young woman with undiagnosed autism was pretty good and added to the story.