Read this for a book discussion and it is a good choice for that as there are issues to discuss. It started off well, but didn't hold up. Keeping track of the characters was difficult and there were too many sub plots. The book could have used some editing. There was a good story here which i...
Sta me toe dat ik dit een slecht boek vind. Ik kan zelfs het verhaal niet navertellen, zo warrig en onuitgediept was het allemaal. Enkele vrouwen zijn in het verleden tot moord veroordeeld op hun babies. De vrouwen hielden altijd vol dat het om wiegedood ging. Dankzij de expertgetuige zijn ze all...
Another well written story that features the theme of cot deaths and women losing babies in tragic circumstances. It reminded me of the many miscarriages of justice cases in the media surrounding shaken baby syndrome/cot deaths particularly in the 90s.Fliss is given the task of making a documenta...
Louise Beeston is being driven to distraction by her neighbor in Cambridge. He has parties with his friends during which they indulge in drugs and play loud music that keeps Louise awake all night. When she asks the neighbor to tone it down, he taunts her about sending her son Joseph away to bo...
I wouldn't call myself a Sophie Hannah fan, more like a Sophie Hannah-fan adjacent? I read her books when I see them, usually enjoy them, but don't go out of my way to pay for them. They do not fall under the category of books I want to keep in my home library for generations.But this book?I'm no...
The Truth-Teller's Lie: A Novel previously published as Hurting Distance by Sophie Hannah Naomi Jenkins is having an affair with Robert Haworth. After he misses a scheduled tryst night, she assumes something bad has happened to him. After an unsuccessful attempt to find him at home, she involves ...