I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh - Paperback

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A great fan of Claire Mackintosh, I picked up the book and it was so absorbing that I read it in one go. The agony of losing one's child , trying to run away from the past and a mindblowing end. Strongly recommended. Five stars from me.

At its center, this is a story about a woman running away from her previous life. I will discuss only a few main plot points to avoid giving away too much. Jenna Gray has rented a spare cottage in a small Welsh town. She's timid and doesn't interact with many people, just her landlord and a woman at a local shop. Jenna is a sculptor, and the privacy the cottage affords appeals to her. She acquires a dog and soon has a canine companion who accompanies her on walks on the beach. She meets the local veterinarian and keeps him at a distance for reasons only known to her. This, of course, only makes the man more interested in getting to know her. Detective Inspector Ray Stevens and a rookie are working on a case with few results. Stevens is drawn to the younger Kate, his partner because she's someone he can talk to easily and knows the score around the office. The case they have been assigned is of a young boy killed in a hit-and-run right in front of his mother. Stevens and Kate give the boy's mother assurances that they will find the killer, but they have had months with no leads. They have been officially pulled off the case. In private, they decide to continue investigating the boy's death. The extra hours Stevens is putting in make his wife Mags, a former detective constable, unhappy. Especially since those hours are spent with an attractive younger woman. Stevens's home life with his wife and kids begins to suffer. Finally, the extra work the detectives, have put in begins to pay off. They find a witness who describes a car being driven erratically near the area where the boy was killed. They focus on locating the car. Meanwhile, they learn that the police liaison assigned to the boy's mother has fallen short of keeping contact with her. She has left her apartment and has moved away. No one knows where she is. Stevens and Kate are relieved to be reassigned to the case, which has been reactivated with the new information. The only problem is now they have a killer to catch and a mother who's gone missing. The author has written a psychological thriller that may seem to point to certain apparent facts to some readers but turns things around as the story unfolds. The novel is even more interesting because the author is a former policewoman. She knows the way the police work. I thoroughly enjoyed this one and recommend it to mystery and thriller readers.

A very impressive psychological thriller. The story is narrated for three POVs. The main character Jenna Gray, the lead detective Inspector Ray Stevens and a man named Ian Peterson. The story begins with hit-and-run accident of a five-year-old boy Jacob on a foggy rainy day. I cringed at this moment and every moment this scene was played in the mother's memory. A five year old is hit by a fast moving car emerging suddenly from nowhere and the driver doesn't stop. Not even to see what terrible thing he has done, what has happened and to call for an ambulance. When the detective with his team comes to the accident scene all evidence have erased out due to rain. They do not have any clue to continue their investigation. Jenna's live is scattered in a split-second. The only way to re-make her world is to walk away from everything. It's more than a year and there is no progress in the hit-and-run case. Inspector Ray is forced to close this case. Jenna meets Patrick, a veterinarian. And she find little happiness for having someone who cares for her. But she doesn't want to make him so close, as she has a secret which she cannot risk. Ray with his team consisting for detective Kate and Stumpy continue working in this case un-officially. In the beginning the story is very slow. And I felt like losing interest in it. Almost 100 pages into the book and there was no twist or interesting turn. But I think that's normal as in real the police cases takes time to solve. Inspector Ray is struggling to make a balance in his professional and personal life. His wife is struggling growing up two children and the eldest son is having trouble at school. The twist comes in part two, when the police knock at Jenna's door to arrest her for hit-and-run case. The story becomes thrilling from here with all twists and turns. The story unfolds. Jenna declares herself guilty for the hit-and-run case. But Inspector Ray is suspicious. He feels there is something Jenna is hiding. There is more to her story. The case cannot be so simple. And here comes the role of Ian Peterson, the fear factor in Jenna's life. I really didn't see this coming. After all who is responsible for Jocob's accident? How is Jacob's mother related to Jenna? It's hard to believe this is Clare Mackintosh's debut novel. Anyone who loves family life, reality, detective work, mystery and psychological thrillers will love this.

acheté sans conviction pour un premier essai de lecture e-book, et pour réviser mon anglais ... Après une première partie classique quoique tragique, on se sent tomber dans une histoire beaucoup moins simple et qui devient géniale au fil des pages. Je ne vous dirai pas la fin parce que je n'y suis pas encore. J'ai hâte d'y être et en même temps je fais durer pour savourer. Thriller efficace qui me fera suivre cet auteur et qui m'a permis d'apprécier finalement la lecture sur tablette (encore que, si la fin de cet ouvrage remplit mes attentes, je le rachèterai en format papier pour l'offrir à ma fille.