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‘Sometimes we can’t see what’s right in front of us, Kat. Everyone has secrets, even the people we love, the people we live with…’
Kat remembers the days when her only daughter Amy wouldn't leave her side. Amy was the baby who cried when you walked out of the room, the toddler who was too shy to speak to strangers, the small child who clung to Kat's legs in the school playground.
But now Amy is grown up, and Amy is gone – to university in a town several hours away. Kat's house – which once felt too full, too noisy, too busy – is deathly quiet, and Kat awaits the daily phone call to tell her that her beloved daughter is thriving and happy.
Until the day Amy doesn’t call, sending Kat into a panic. Her husband and friends say she’s being paranoid – surely Amy is just out, having fun? But Kat feels sure something is very wrong – she knows her daughter, and she would never just disappear.
As the hours turn into days, her fears are confirmed: Amy is missing. But there are secrets about her daughter that Kat doesn't know about yet. And the truth about Amy's whereabouts may be closer to home than Kat could ever imagine...
A gripping and suspenseful psychological thriller with more twists and turns than a roller coaster and an ending that will blow readers’ minds. Fans of The Wife Between Us, The Girl Before and Gone Girl will be gripped by this unputdownable story about a mother’s obsessive love for her child.
Kat remembers the days when her only daughter Amy wouldn't leave her side. Amy was the baby who cried when you walked out of the room, the toddler who was too shy to speak to strangers, the small child who clung to Kat's legs in the school playground.
But now Amy is grown up, and Amy is gone – to university in a town several hours away. Kat's house – which once felt too full, too noisy, too busy – is deathly quiet, and Kat awaits the daily phone call to tell her that her beloved daughter is thriving and happy.
Until the day Amy doesn’t call, sending Kat into a panic. Her husband and friends say she’s being paranoid – surely Amy is just out, having fun? But Kat feels sure something is very wrong – she knows her daughter, and she would never just disappear.
As the hours turn into days, her fears are confirmed: Amy is missing. But there are secrets about her daughter that Kat doesn't know about yet. And the truth about Amy's whereabouts may be closer to home than Kat could ever imagine...
A gripping and suspenseful psychological thriller with more twists and turns than a roller coaster and an ending that will blow readers’ minds. Fans of The Wife Between Us, The Girl Before and Gone Girl will be gripped by this unputdownable story about a mother’s obsessive love for her child.
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Sue Watson was a TV Producer at the BBC until she wrote her first book and was hooked.
USA Today bestselling author, Sue has written fifteen novels - many involving cake - which have been translated into several languages and involved tough 'cake research.' Sue is now exploring the darker side of life with her thrillers OUR LITTLE LIES, THE WOMAN NEXT DOOR and THE EMPTY NEST. Writing in this new genre doesn't involve the deep research of baked goods and Sue's hoping the change in direction will be reflected on the weighing scales.
Originally from Manchester, Sue now lives with her husband and teenage daughter in Worcestershire where much of her day is spent procrastinating, eating and watching 'My 600 lb Life,' on the sofa.
The Empty Nest
By Sue Watson
Review by
Heidi Lynn's Book Reviews
USA Today bestselling author, Sue has written fifteen novels - many involving cake - which have been translated into several languages and involved tough 'cake research.' Sue is now exploring the darker side of life with her thrillers OUR LITTLE LIES, THE WOMAN NEXT DOOR and THE EMPTY NEST. Writing in this new genre doesn't involve the deep research of baked goods and Sue's hoping the change in direction will be reflected on the weighing scales.
Originally from Manchester, Sue now lives with her husband and teenage daughter in Worcestershire where much of her day is spent procrastinating, eating and watching 'My 600 lb Life,' on the sofa.
By Sue Watson
Review by
Heidi Lynn's Book Reviews
First, I want to thank Sue Watson, Bookouture and NetGalley
for providing me with this book so I can bring you this review.
The Empty Nest is the first book I have read for Sue Watson.
She has an unbelievable gift for this genre by building up the characters in
the storyline pulling on your heart strings. Then when she had them pulled so tight,
she puts the twists and turns that you never saw coming in. Some I was
incredibly shocked by!
For The Empty Nest originally the book cover was going to be
of a broken picture frame of a Mother Daughter holding hands. I loved the
cover. However, after reading the book I am glad they decided to change it. The
newer cover is more appealing to the eye.
There is one major theme in this book that you can’t deny it
is a Mother’s love for her daughter. Kat loves her daughter Amy more than
anything in this world. They both had a
very strong relationship. Sue did an incredible job throughout this book
showing us not just telling us how much at what great lengths she loved. However,
midway through the book her love for Amy became a tad bit obsessive on how much
she missed her daughter living it home. It was to the point where I was getting
very annoyed with the character.
What I didn’t know and find out later was the real reason
she was so protective over her. Then It all made sense. My heart went out to
her at that moment.
One aspect that I really loved that I have not seen in many psychological
thrillers is the use of social media to help a case. This day in age we all use
Facebook for various different reasons. This was the perfect platform to get any
information anyone had on the disappearance of Amy.
Sue came up with this idea of the book when her own daughter
Eve left home to go to the university. She loved Eve and protected her all of
her life. Now she is living with a house full of strangers.
She would like to thank Sarah Hardy for reading this at the
early stages and giving her the benefit of her thriller-reading wisdom, and razor-sharp
eye for detail.
Sue would also like to thank her daughter Eve, for always
calling to let her know she is safe-and saving the sanity of this helicopter mother.
After reading this book I am now a fan of Sue Watson. I
would love to read and review for her again.
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