Trembling with shock, Jodie picks up the old T-shirt. She hasn’t seen it for twenty years. Her boyfriend had been wearing it – her Ben – the day he went missing. The last time anyone saw him alive.
After her dad’s funeral, all Jodie wants is to clear out her childhood home as quickly as possible and get back to life with her son. But a terrifying discovery changes everything she knew about her kind, loving father.
Her boyfriend Ben went missing when they were just teenagers. His parents still stare out the window desperately waiting for him to come home. So how did the T-shirt he was wearing when Jodie saw him walk away from their last date end up in her father’s attic?
The search for answers leads Jodie to an old family friend who knows all her father’s secrets. She can’t shake his questions about her older brother, and the real reason their dad left everything to Jodie, not him. But when a stranger begins to follow her around their little town, and a deadly fire breaks out in her home, it’s clear someone will do anything to stop Jodie finding the truth about Ben's disappearance. Has Jodie unknowingly put her own son in terrible danger?
An absolutely addictive psychological thriller with a heart-stopping twist, about how even the people we love can hide the darkest secrets. Perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train, I Am Watching You and Shari Lapena.
Kerry Wilkinson is from the English county of Somerset but has spent far too long living in the north. It’s there that he’s picked up possibly made-up regional words like ‘barm’ and ‘ginnel’. He pretends to know what they mean.
He’s also been busy since turning thirty: his Jessica Daniel crime series has sold more than a million copies in the UK; he has written a fantasy-adventure trilogy for young adults; a second crime series featuring private investigator Andrew Hunter and the standalone thriller, Down Among The Dead Men.
First, I want to thank Kerry Wilkinson, Bookouture, and NetGalley for providing me with the book so I may bring you this review!
WOW!! WOW!! WOW!! Kerry Wilkinson’s storytelling of The Boyfriend totally captivated my attention straight from the first to the last page. It was a wild emotional roller coaster ride from yelling at your kindle, revelations that will shock you. It is a book you will want to go and put on the top of your must read list!
Kerry gave us readers a very interesting concept to think about. How well do we really know our parents or loved ones?! In this story Jodi’s father had just passed and she had found her late boyfriend's jersey in his house. The big mystery is WHY?! What really happened to Ben?! It was a wild ride with a lot of twists and turns to find out.
There are very important issues such as bullying that are addressed in this issue.
