The Secrets of Strangers: A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick
May 2020 · Charity Norman Reading-Group Fiction Book 8 · Atlantic Books
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From the authr of Richard and Judy Book Club pick After The Fall comes a gripping and moving novel, perfect if you love books by Jodi Picoult.
'Tautly plotted, gripping and emotional' - Clare Mackintosh, bestselling author of After the End
A regular weekday morning veers drastically off-course for a group of strangers whose paths cross in a London café - their lives never to be the same again when an apparently crazed gunman holds them hostage. But there is more to the situation than first meets the eye and as the captives grapple with their own inner demons, the line between right and wrong starts to blur.
Will the secrets they keep stop them from escaping with their lives?
Shortlisted for 'best novel' in the 2021 Ngaio Marsh Awards
'Tautly plotted, gripping and emotional' - Clare Mackintosh, bestselling author of After the End
A regular weekday morning veers drastically off-course for a group of strangers whose paths cross in a London café - their lives never to be the same again when an apparently crazed gunman holds them hostage. But there is more to the situation than first meets the eye and as the captives grapple with their own inner demons, the line between right and wrong starts to blur.
Will the secrets they keep stop them from escaping with their lives?
Shortlisted for 'best novel' in the 2021 Ngaio Marsh Awards
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4.3
6 reviews
Rachael Davies
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September 3, 2021
Thank you so much to ReadersFirst for the copy in return for an honest review. Hugely gripping and unputdownable. I read this in a single day, only pausing when I had no other choice, and picking it straight back up again the moment I could. It has been a long while since a book called me back to it so strongly. I don't read thrillers at all frequently, but I do love how they sweep you along. This was a fast paced, high stakes read that was also highly moving, and I was surprised by how character driven this was. As is usually the case with thrillers, I was sold by the blurb, and the plot here does not disappoint. I have never read any books from Charity Norman before, but I really enjoyed her writing style which is hugely readable and I will definitely be looking at reading more from this author, and I'll be keeping a keen eye on what they write next! I can happily recommend this one; a perfect contemporary thriller, with a healthy does of suspense and mystery... this will have you turning the pages until the very last, and you won't be disappointed. Shame on me for leaving this one so long before reading it. 4 highly entertaining stars!
Sarah
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August 19, 2022
I didn't want to put it down.
About the author
Charity Norman was born in Uganda and brought up in successive draughty vicarages in Yorkshire and Birmingham. After several years' travel she became a barrister, specialising in crime and family law. In 2002, realising that her three children had barely met her, she took a break from the law and moved with her family to New Zealand.
THE SECRETS OF STRANGERS is her sixth novel.
Find Charity on Facebook at facebook.com/charitynormanauthor and on Twitter as @charitynorman1.
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