Book Description
Two Girls. Two Deaths. Two Decades of Silence.
The crazy girls, they called them – or at least, Elizabeth liked to think they did. As a teenager in the late 1970s, she was clever, overweight and a perfect victim for the bullies.
Then Rachel and her family arrived in town and, for Elizabeth, it was as if a light had been switched on. She was drawn to the bright and beautiful Rachel like a moth to a flame.
Rachel had her own reasons for wanting Elizabeth as a friend, and although their relationship was far from equal, Elizabeth would do anything for Rachel.
Then the first body was discovered.
Twenty years on, Elizabeth wants nothing more than to keep the secrets of her teenage years where they belong: in the past.But another body has been found, and she can’t keep running from what happened.
Can she?
Publication Details
Author: Jenny Quintana
Book Title: Our Dark Secret
Publisher: Mantle Books
Publication Date: 6 February 2020
Format: Digital Edition
ASIN/ISBN: 9781509839483
Pages: 240
About the Author
Jenny Quintana grew up in Essex and Berkshire, dreaming of being a writer. She studied English Literature at Queen Mary in London and then gained a PGCE at Goldsmiths. She taught in a secondary school in East London and then moved abroad living and working in Seville and Athens. When she returned to England she began writing books for teaching English as a Foreign Language. At the same time, she wrote short stories and won several prizes. She attended the Curtis Brown Creative writing course where she was inspired to complete her debut novel The Missing Girl. She lives with her husband and three children.
My Review
This was a new author for me and I could have easily read the whole book in a day however I was reading on the Pigeonhole app which (again) was so frustrating as I could only read 10% per day but this is a new way of reading and I want to persevere with it. It also means I can be reading multiple books at the same time.
This book is one which I eagerly recommend to fans of suspense. It is not so much a chilling thriller and a mystery suspense which was a nice change after reading so many dark and chilling novels of late.
The author tells the tale of Elizabeth and Rachel switching between past and present. It is an enjoyable read which had me guessing most of the way through the book. There are a few points where I thought I knew the direction the book was going only to find it didn’t. I like that!!
The story itself was believable, the characters likeable and the setting very clearly described.
DISCLOSURE: I read this book through The Pigeonhole, a digital book club and review platform which has since ceased trading.
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- Jenny Quintana
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- Our Dark Secret
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- Mantle Books
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- Date Read
- January 2020
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