I had read this book may moons ago and only realised I'd not sent feedback. I decided i needed a reread to remind myself of the book.

This turned to be just as good the 2nd time around.

An addictive read which makes you want to flick over those pages.
A gritty thriller that will keep you engaged and leave you wanting more.
Its one of those books that going into any detail may just give the smallest thing away so i'm not even going to try.

I'd recommend this book if you like a good psychological thriller.

A bloody brilliant psychological thriller that had some pretty gruesome parts which i did enjoy.

Plenty of thrills and twists and well written

Thank you Netgalley for a. Copy for an honest review

Thanks to netgalley for the opportunity to have read this great book. This is the first book by Richard Parker i've read and I'm thrilled to the core!! It was a thrilling and scary book and I can't wait for the next one!

Seven gruesome murders
Seven chances to save his daughter`s life

Successful business man Will Frost is woken by a midnight caller who asks him a very strange question.

When did you last Google yourself Mr Frost?

When Will goes online,he finds a website has been set up in his name,showing photographs of seven houses including his own.

In the first of these houses a gruesome murder has taken place.

Will is then told that his own family is in danger and the only way to save them is to visit each of the houses on the website in person.

Will must embark on his twisted journey and obey the rules of his tormentors sick scavenger hunt.

But can Will ever save this pregnant daughter Libby`s life.

I am not surprised that apparently there is going to be a movie version of this book,it certainly has the elements that you would expect to feature in a action thriller.Plenty of action,cliff hangers,twists and turns,very gory murders,a very twisted killer,the action hero and his ever supportive feisty wife,kidnapped pregnant daughter,there was even a seven year old boy thrown in to ramp up the fear for someone's life factor.If it was ever made into a movie I would definitely watch it.

The story is narrated from the point of view of a several characters,Will and his wife Clara,their daughter Libby,the killer,two reporters Pope and Weaver ( was Mr Parker a fan of Falling Skies? ) and seven year old Tam.Most of the chapters are voiced from more than one characters perspective and I did occasionally find myself losing track of which character I was reading about because the swapping between characters was so abrupt.It was hard to feel any connection or empath for any of the characters because they were all so one dimensional.At least three of them could have been omitted from the story completely,they served no purpose and added nothing whatsoever to the story.

There was no mystery to who the killer was because that was revealed in the very first chapter.Why Will and his family where targeted and the reasons for the killings where believable but some questions where left unanswered and the book ended on a bit of a cliff hanger,could Mr Parker be planning on writing a sequel.

It's certainly a fast paced thriller that was quite gripping at times but it also had a few unrealistic elements,mobile phones that never lost their signals or ran out of battery power and a laptop that never needed charging.It's taken me quite a long time to finish this book,it was ok but I honestly enjoyed Stalk Me a lot more than this one.

This was a very interesting psychological thriller. I liked the premise, I liked the scare/gore factor, and I liked Will, the main character who is sent on this around the world scavenger hunt in order to try and get his abducted daughter back. I was not crazy about all the different side stories that just seemed to make the book longer than it had to be and didn't really bring any suspense to the story. All in all, it was a good read.

This book started off brilliantly, and then lost my attention sadly. Great plot and premise, but it didn't quite hit the spot for me.

SCARE ME by Richard Parker is a dark psychological/serial killer thriller. Will Frost, the successful CEO of Ingram International in the UK and his wife, Carla, are looking forward to the return of their 19 year old daughter, Libby, from a trip in Thailand with her boyfriend, Luke. Libby is pregnant and will be moving in with Luke, the baby’s father, soon after they return.

But on the night before Libby and Luke are to return from their trip, Will gets a terrifying phone call that said:

“When did you last Google yourself Mr. Frost?”

Will goes online, and finds a website in his name, containing pictures of Libby and Luke, bound and muzzled, inside his home? There were also pictures of six other houses he’s never seen before.

Will and Carla’s worst nightmare…their daughter Libby has been kidnapped!

Will is told to go to seven different homes and recover items that supposedly belong to Libby… and he must get to those houses before the police do. This is his only chance of seeing his daughter alive again. Will and Carla are told that if they involve the police, Libby will be killed, so Will heads to Florida to the first address. Once he completes his task at the first home, that he’ll be given the address to the next, and so on. Carla uses GPS to keep track of him back in the UK. It doesn’t make any sense…No Ransom Demands? Why them?

In the first of these strange houses, a horrific murder has already taken place

The novel goes back and forth between Will, Carla, Libby’s captivity, as well as the killer. The reader will not understand the killer’s motivations, or identity, until the end.

I don’t want to reveal any more for risk of spoilers. Scare Me is a fast-paced thriller with high level tension that will have you gripped right from the beginning.

Great story, found it hard to put down

Thanks for the advanced copy

Fantastic psychological thriller. A real page turner that keeps you on edge to the end of the book
Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC in return for an honest review.

Scare me by Richard Parker is a mystery and thriller and general fiction (adult) read.
When successful model Ciara Kelly wakes up in the hospital, remembering nothing of the weeks she has been missing, her only clues are the ugly words carved into her skin. According to the police, she was a victim of the Cutter, a serial killer who has already murdered three women. For her protection the police and her doctors give a press conference, announcing that because her amnesia is organically caused, her memory loss is permanent. But, whether her memory returns or not is anybody’s guess.
Overnight, Ciara’s glamorous life is gone. Her scars have killed both her modeling career and her relationship with her rich boyfriend. With nothing to keep her in New York, she returns to her home town of Seattle, moves in with her sister and goes about building a new life. But when her sister lets it slip that Ciara’s memory is returning, the killer comes after her again. If Ciara is to stay alive, she must keep one step ahead of the Cutter.
This was a fantastic read with brilliant characters. 5*. I voluntarily reviewed an advanced copy of this book from netgalley.

Excellence achieved! I love this genre and I hope to be able to read more from Richard Parker in the future. He has a skill set that puts him at the top of my list, he terrifying keeps me turning pages with characters that I love to love and love to hate.

Thank you for the opportunity to read Scare Me for a fair review.