I was expecting this book to be a lot better than it actually was.The concept in itself (Girl called Dee suffers a brain injury and a friend convinces her religious parents that she is demonic so to reclaim her identity she makes a documentary about exorcism) was quite original so I was looking forward to that but once I started reading I absolutely could not get into the writing style-no matter how hard I tried there were moments where I wanted to take a break from reading because it was that different.The story was also a little far fetched at times but I guess there isn't any plain way to make a story about exorcism.

When a brain injury received at a young age leaves Dee a different person after the incident, a friend convinces her very religious parents that she is possessed, and must be put through an exorcism to be cleansed of the "demon". This experience is then allowed by her fundamentalist parents to be part of the material used to make a documentary. Unsuprisingly, this ends up bringing Dee a degree of notoriety.

Some years later, having spent a considerable length of time in mental health institutions, Dee is at home again with her parents. While trying to rebuild her life and keep a low profile, she finds herself drawn to the case of a serial killer who is responsible for the grim deaths of young girls.

By making a documentary on this subject, Dee hopes to reclaim her sense of agency, since her rights to her own story were so cruelly taken from her. But things rarely go according to plan when it comes to serial killers...

This is a compelling story told by a narrator who is by definition unreliable (for mental health reasons). The author does a great job of throwing suspicion on multiple characters so that you are left quite shocked when the killer's identity is revealed.

Overall, the book tells an unusual and interesting story that also provides insights wrt mental health challenges resulting from traumatic brain injury.

An authentic thriller that makes you question the way you perceive things and people. When a serial killer, who proclaimed oneself the righteous wraith, starts killing women in Northamptonshire with a particular modus operandi. Panic and terror succumb in the streets about who will be next. This is when our main character makes her entrance. Dee (real name Dinah), who had a traumatic brain injury, returned to her home after being sent to a mental institution for apparent demonic possession. Adapting to a society that labels her as crazy won't be easy for her and even more so, with a serial killer on the loose. Not giving up, she creates a documentary to unravel the identity of the killer and try to save the victims. The real question is: Will everyone believe her? This is definitely one hell of a book. I was a little skeptical of how all the religious aspects, mental health issues and moral compass would be handled in this book, but it turned out in a way that was interesting and well-addressed at times. During the book, I had many suspicions from everyone, including Dee, but little by little, I realized who the culprit might be. Even if I got some of them right, everything came as a surprise with all those plot twists and turns. I enjoyed reading the book.

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the digital ARC

When a traumatic brain injury left Dinah as simply Dee .. which stands for Demon, at least that’s what a trusted friend made her religious parents believe, so she could use them in an exorcism documentary, which brought Dee so much unwanted fame .

Upon release from life at St. Alda’s everyone sees Dee as the possessed weird girl. Determined to claim her life back Dee embarks on a documentary journey following a serial killer in her sleepy town.

When she starts getting closer to the truth and the police don’t believe her where will she turn ?

I truly enjoyed this read. Seeing Dee claim her life back whilst almost loosing herself again in the process was a very unique read for me. I couldn’t figure out who the serial killer was. Every character has me believing it was them at one point in time . There were definitely some twists and turns I did not see coming . I couldn’t put it down I read it in a night I had to see what would happen and who did it.

I've mixed feelings about this. The whole exorcism aspect just seemed very far fetched to me but I guess it wad necessary to explain some of the other trauma in the main character so fair enough. I absolutely did not guess who the killer was and suspected more or less every character at one point or another. I liked the writing style and I really liked the main character. She was paranoid and sheltered aswell as having a head injury, mental health issues and an exorcism but she seemed sweet and was always trying her best. I can't say I liked many of the other characters much but they were well written and had layers to them aswell. The plot flowed quite well and I couldnt tell where the plot was going next so I was constantly having to read the next chapter since I just had to know it all panned out

There are time when you can tell quickly that the writing style is not working for you, and this is the case with this story. I don't want to read it just to give it a bad review, when I would normally DNF the book if it were a physical book. I would consider checking out something else from this author in the future though!

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the digital ARC!

If you love a good thriller novel, then this will definitely be the one for you. Someone is killing women in Northamptonshire - they kidnap them, then 3 days later the woman is found dumped with their eyes missing in a pose. Who is it, and why are they doing this?

Our main character is Dee - a woman in her 30s who has spent most of her life in a mental institution and has now been released and living back with her parents. Said parents were religious when she was younger, which is why after an accident gave her a traumatic brain injury as a child and changed her behaviour, they agree for her to be in a documentary showing her possession and exorcism from a demon. This, understandably, gave Dee a lot of mental trauma on top of her existing head injury trauma, and it also made her infamous.

The documentary went famous, and everyone knows her as the girl who was possessed. As a result, people don't like her or trust her and she had a lot of problems to deal with. She's struggling to exist in a world outside of St Aldas, and what she really wants is to make a documentary of her own to reclaim what was stolen from her. She decided her topic is the serial killer on the loose.

Dee was hard for me to like - she felt very paranoid and obsessive at points, and it made me roll my eyes sometimes. She did silly things that she really shouldn't have, she ignored blatantly bizarre stuff and she had habits I found annoying, but these are all well explained in the book. Some of it is leftover from her head injury, some of it is just that she's not been properly socialised to the society because of her circumstances. There's even a moment all this is specifically addressed, which I did enjoy.

I think I had about 20 suspects whilst reading this, including Dee herself. Even though, I still didn't see the perpetrator coming and enjoyed the twist. Some things I figured out early, but there was a lot of red herrings that threw me off enough that the revelation was more than enjoyable. The author did a fantastic job of making every character seem like a suspect, so I really had no idea what was going on.

The ending was quick paced and enjoyable, and it definitely felt like the lead up was worth it.

My main issue was her mum - what an absolute arsehole she was. Patronising, cruel, distrusting and generally a terrible person. She refused to treat Dee like an actual adult and instead treated her like a child. A child who angered her when she did something she didn't like.

A dark murder/thriller with a woman with mental health problems at its centre. Really enjoyed this one. So many suspects i changed my mind numerous times. The ending left me speechless, i certainly didn't see that coming. A little far fetched in places but overall a fab read which i just could not put down. My thanks to netgalley and the publisher for my copy.