Rita Marsh is inherently a good person, she is part of Raven justice, she poses as girls on the internet and then her team tracks down paedophiles and gangs who target children and young girls.
She is essentially doing amazing work trying to keep the streets and kids safe, but sadly being a vigilante justice group her ethics and methods are not always strictly within the law.
After a sting goes wrong and the target ends up committing suicide her and her team have majorly attracted the notice of the local police.
She is now wary but still insists on trying to help out an old school friend who she believes was groomed into an underage relationship with her teacher.
After a meeting at Rita's home between the said friend, Leila and the disgraced teacher now author.
The situation is very charged and things go disastrously wrong when she loses her temper and things get out of hand.
Now Rita has to fix the situation in a VERY unorthodox manner.
This is her story of what happens next on that night...
Wow this was mind blowing, it grabbed me from the first page and I actually really liked Rita, yes by law she did some very wrong things but I think the reader can empathise where her motives come from, childhood trauma, and abuse in the past and she felt she had to champion kids / girls like her.
Sadly her ideals took her off the lawful path and that's where things came undone.
This was one of the best novels I've read in a while, I also think it has legs to go further and I HOPE we see Rita again in the future in a sequel novel.
Fantastic read.

Rita is leading a double life.
By day, running her family’s Care Home.
By night, is the brains behind a vigilante group who track down, collect evidence and trap pedophiles.

This book is dark, with characters that are so multifaceted that they feel like they could be real. The story is well written and flows smoothly to its conclusion. You don’t quite know where the story is going to lead you next.

I still find it hard to believe that this is Nilesha Chaucer’s debut novel!

I think there should be a trigger warning as it seems so raw.

I’d like to thank NetGalley and Fabre & Fabre for giving me the chance to read an advanced copy eARC of The Revenge of Rita Marsh.

This book started so well and dealt with dark subject matter in a sympathetic way. The characterisation was good and I thought that I was in for a good read. Unfortunately the book did not continue to engage me and I ended up not finishing, something I don't like doing but I just lost interest along the way.

this story that deals with controversial subjects but handles it brilliantly. Rita's is likeable and I instantly connected with her

I love the duality of Rita's life, she is so complex and I loved her relationship with Leila. I binged the book! I highly recommend this book.

I have reviewed The Revenge of Rita Marsh by Nilesha Chauvet for book sales and recommendation site LoveReading..co.uk. I have chosen the title as a Liz Pick of the Month. Please see the link for the full review.

Runs an elderly Care home by day and hunts sexual predators by night. Rita is really a mixed bag of goodness in one package.
This book is full of complex characters and is an emotional traumatic read. Obviously this could trigger anyone with childhood trauma.
I enjoyed this, you defiantly would not think this is a debut novel! Hopefully a book 2 could be on the way…

3.5 stars rounded up to 4

This is a debut novel by Nilesha Chauvet that I think will go down well, but it is a tough read and deals with some very sensitive subjects.

The start of the book introduces Rita, who has taken over the care home her parents ran, prior to their death. by day and hunts paedophiles by night.
When a case close to home is brough to Rita's awareness she starts to reflect how far is she willing to go.

This was a slow paced book for me, on the whole, but the tone and pacing does change throughout.

I think this has a great premise, and is well written.

Thank you NetGalley and the publishers for this ARC.

This book deals with some dark and difficult topics. It started off strong and I thought it was going to be right up my street - but I sadly found myself disappointed by the end.
I personally felt the story got a little muddled and repetitive in the middle, and then the ending felt rather rushed.
I love a good female revenge tale, but sadly this didn't hit the spot for me.
Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for the arc ebook.

Could not put this down. Rather annoyingly work and general life got in the way and I had to occasionally.
This book covers a serious topic. I'm left wondering what happens next?
I would recommend this book.
Thanks to netgalley for the arc of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.

Rita’s past and present collide in this story with devastating consequences. Unfortunately I found Rita to be creepier than the paedophiles she was chasing.

The WWW has brought many advantages and benefits, both to honest people and to criminals. Paedophiles have been especially facilitated because children are approachable via social media in a covert way, and can be groomed and persuaded into meeting their new ‘friend’. Rita Marsh, mid-thirties, is a London based paedophile hunter, creating fake profiles and waiting for someone to take the bait. Her aim, together with her associates, is to get evidence on the suspect, agree to a meeting, trap him (it’s always men she hooks) and hand him and the evidence over to the Police. They call themselves Raven Justice, partly because she owns and operates Raven Court, a care home set up by her late parents. She used to be Rita Patel but switched to Marsh her mother’s maiden name, for obscure reasons possibly connected with abuse she had experienced as a child.
Unfortunately, their latest success goes disastrously wrong when the accused, released on bail, kills himself. Conflicted about her motives and the consequences of her actions, she is reluctantly persuaded to go a school reunion, where she meets up with Leila, her former best friend and possible love interest. Their friendship blossoms again, although Leila is always a bit tense and somewhat erratic. Could this due to that ‘love interest’, or is it connected to the rumours flying around the internet that say their former English teacher has been accused of having a sexual relationship with an underage pupil? And what has any of this got to do with the fact, which we know from the start, that Rita left someone for dead in a nearby wood?
This murder mystery, with psychological overtones, is related by Rita in the present tense, which works quite well. The writing is good and reflects her personality quite well, as far as I can tell. The plot is fairly logical, given her background, but the ending is a bit OTT and the post dénouement outcome seems unlikely (although it is sort of flagged early on). I think it is being set up for a possible sequel! There isn’t anything wildly wrong with it, just feels a bit irritating for no obvious reason.
I would like to thank NetGalley, the publishers and the author for providing me with a draft proof copy for the purpose of this review.

I received this book from NetGalley and the publisher in return for an honest review. This review is based entirely on my own thoughts and feelings.

Overall rating : 4*
Writing skill : 4*
Plot: 4*
Pace: 2*
Characters: 3*

This was a quick read, that started off really pacey but the next 60% sort of dwindled until an excellent explosive end.
The characters were great, and unique, and fitted the story. Spike and spider gave me serious lemon and tangerine vibes from bullet train.
The plot itself was exactly what I like in a thriller/mystery, give me a female vigilante any day. That being said I will always compare them to Sweetpea, and I’ve yet to find one that stands up to it in equal form.
For fans of You’d Look Better as a Ghost and How To Kill Your Family.

Rita is a care home manager, come vigilante, snaring her paedophile pray by posing as children online. She's a complex character and the story arc takes you on a thrilling ride throughout. The book is one of those that you could consume in one sitting should you want to. Nicely written but not a blow you away title. A good, though dark, summer read!

An unusual and dark book dealing with the difficult subject of child abuse and grooming. Rita is a vigilante, with her team she sets up traps for men wanting sex with young girls. However, their scheme goes awry when a man commits suicide after being trapped and the police want to shut them down, or work with them on their own terms.

Rita attends a class reunion (at which for some reason she stands up and gives a very odd speech), she meets an old classmate who meant a lot to her and still does, but who carries her own hurts and scars. The result is a traumatic, if slightly unbelievable, series of events as we are drawn in to Rita's world and try to understand why she reacts as she does.

Overall its a gripping read, far from easy, and very tense, although in parts I felt it wandered a little. The ending felt a little too contrived. Thank you to NetGalley and Faber & Faber Ltd for allowing me access to the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

A thought provoking thriller indeed! The author covers such a tough topic and it was a hard read.

Full review to follow on my bookstagram @thewee_bookshelf.

Thanks netgalley for the advanced copy!

Thank you to the publishers for an advanced e-copy of this debut book. The revenge of Rita Marsh has an unhinged narrator in Rita. Part of a justice group - Raven Justice who snares paedophiles , she along with Spider and Spike are involved in a sting that leads to the predator committing suicide and police warning her that she is causing problems. Rita runs a care home left to her from her parents and is mixed British and Indian heritage, herself proclaiming she is too white to be Indian and too Indian to be fully white. She is frustrated by the lack of convictions despite loads of arrests and evidence they hand over and wants to give up. Her friend Javid invites her to a school reunion where she bumps in to her old friend Leila . Things start to tumble out of control when rumours of an old school teacher and ex pupil surface and she finds herself in a sticky situation whilst trying to dish out her own form of revenge whilst trying to justify he own bad behaviour. Interesting characters and plotline. I enjoyed this book, different to others I have read and will be recommending.

This is a thought-provoking, gripping thriller, but not an easy read because of its challenging subject matter. I found myself having to pause and think while I read, which was/is a good thing I think.

This is a new writer to me, but I was mostly swayed by the book's blurb as I like a good vigilante who exposes and deals with bad people, for the general benefit of most of the people. The writing was excellent when describing how the lead character, Rita, had kept the two sides of her life split for a long time. Certainly, the majority of humans would agree that removing paedophiles from their awful predatory tasks could only be good for humanity. I also have a sneaking suspicion that we all find Rita’s level of justice to be fair and just. How she combines this with running a care home that was left to her by her parents proves to show good writing by this novelist. Some individuals will find the subject disturbing with perhaps too much information and characterization about the difficulties of the victims. This is well worth persisting to the end to find out whether Rita was as successful as you'd like her to be.

‘The Revenge Of Rita Marsh’ by Nilesha Chauvet tells the story of a woman who runs the care home left to her by her late parents by day, but acts as a vigilante ensnaring pedophiles by night. Just when the consequences of her actions catch up with her and she begins to reflect on how far outside the law she is comfortable working, a case far too close to home comes to her attention and she is torn between inaction and revenge…

I liked the initial characterisation of Rita and the uncomfortable but illuminating scene at her school reunion. I also found the interactions with the police very interesting, and the novel posed some difficult questions. The dark subject matter was generally dealt with very sensitively.

However, I found the tone and pace of the book distractingly variable and thought some of the decisions made by characters were extremely questionable. I suppose the novel reflected real life by depicting the messiness and tragedy of crime but elements were not very satisfying.

Overall this gets three stars from me… the premise was very intriguing but the story didn’t quite grip me as much as I’d hoped.

I received an advance Digital Review Copy of this book from the publisher Faber & Faber via NetGalley. The opinions expressed in this review are my own.

A difficult subject to tackle in your debut novel and a good stab at it. A quick read for me and I thank the publisher and NetGalley for the chance to ARC this book.