He saved her. Now he owns her.
Exhausted new mother Lucy is rushing her baby to hospital. Distracted by her sick child, she loses control of the car, and hits Roger, her elderly neighbor.
Terrified of being sent to prison and separated from her infant son, she makes a split-second decision and flees the scene.
Her boyfriend Ian realizes what she has done and helps her cover it up. Lucy is incredibly grateful, until she begins to understand that his kindness comes at a price. Small favors become demands. Demands become threats.
The bargain she has made is clear. If Lucy doesn’t do everything Ian wants, he’ll go to the police and she’ll go to jail, losing access to her child.
Meanwhile, Roger's wife Mary is circling closer to the truth and the police start asking questions. Lucy's world has become a suffocating prison with no hope of escape.
Unless… if something were to happen to Ian…Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/248163203-don-t-look-back
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JJ Burgess has a degree in Economics and lives in Bristol with his wife and two sons. By day he is the Director of a greetings card company, by night he writes psychological thrillers that ask questions about the world we live in. When he isn’t writing, he is usually running through the woods around Bristol, thinking of new characters and dark plots.
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First, I want to thank JJ Burgess, Inkubator Books, NetGalley and Zooloo Book Tours for providing me with this book so I can bring you this review.
Ohh JJ Burgess you had me in full blown panic attack mode in your latest psychological thriller Don’t Look Back! Yes, how could you not put yourself into Lucy’s shoes and not feel something?! Don’t Look Back is an extremely fast paced and incredibly addicting book that had me on the edge of my chair.
Instantly, from the first few lines from the prologue I was hooked on Don’t Look Back! From there the book was fast paced and addicting. All the overthinking, fears and anxieties Lucy was having were so valid yet heartbreaking to hear/read!! I too would be scared if I was in her shoes.
JJ has some major wicked twists from some of his characters that you never saw coming that will shock you!
There have been so many great psychological thrillers out this year and Don’t Look Back is another one you must add to your TBR list! JJ Burgess is a creative genius behind this storyline that I’m surprised nobody has written about! He does not tell you yet shows you the personal, mental and emotional side of what someone goes through when they accidentally hit someone with a car. Not only that you knew the person too…your neighbor!! Can you imagine this happening to you? Keeping this secret that you did this? Knowing the loved ones' family that you killed? Can you imagine sitting through that funeral knowing what you did with all their friends and family around sharing stories? Like Lucy I would have ugly cried too!!!
