After the Accident: A compelling and addictive psychological suspense novel

Name: After the Accident: A compelling and addictive psychological suspense novel
Rating: 3.5833332538604736 (12 reviews)

Kerry Wilkinson

Mar 2020 · Bookouture

3.6

12 reviews

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‘Oh my God, this book was so so addicting! I just couldn’t stop… so many twists and turns in this tale that it kept me on the edge of my seat til the very last page.’ Bookshelf Life

The perfect holiday just became their worst nightmare…

After the accident which tore apart her family, Emma is shocked to be invited away to a beautiful Mediterranean island – but when her mother calls her out of the blue, wanting to make amends, she can’t say no.

Julius hasn’t seen his sister Emma in years. Although he can’t ever trust her again after what she did, he’s willing to put their differences aside for the sake of their elderly parents.

Despite what happened in the past, everything is going surprisingly well – days spent sipping sangria by the pool, evenings spent forcing smiles at the dinner table – until the night Julius and Emma’s father is attacked on the beach and left for dead on the sand.

She says: Nobody would benefit from our father’s death more than Julius.

He says: We all know what Emma’s capable of. And no-one knows where she was that night.

She says: He’s always been a liar.

He says: She looked me in the eye and told me she wanted our father dead.

Everyone is lying about what happened on the beach that hot summer night. And when the truth is revealed, it will be more shocking than either of them ever imagined.

A unique and totally gripping psychological thriller that will have fans of T.M. Logan and The Girl on the Train racing through the pages late into the night.

This book was previously published as Seven Days in July.

Read what everyone’s saying about After the Accident:

‘Wow oh wow! This is the most amazing book! This author is an absolute genius… I have devoured this book in just hours… I will be recommending this read to friends just so that I can discuss how utterly fantastic it is… a definite five star rating from me.’ Little Miss Book Lover 87, 5 stars

‘I was hooked from page 1, line 1 and it only got more gripping from there. This is now my top #1 book for 2020 so far!… A standing ovation for you Kerry Wilkinson!!!!… Get this book. If you have it, read it now! 10 stars!’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars

‘Everything a psychological thriller ought to be… I was left gasping like a goldfish when I reached the end… I had high grade fever when I read this book… my mind was completely hypnotized by the story. I even forgot to take my medicines. It was that brilliant. All I could say at the end of the book was – MORE PLEASE!!’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars

‘This is absolutely AMAZING!!... There was never a dull moment, I read it every chance that I got. I cannot wait for the rest of the world to indulge in this fantastic novel!!!’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars

‘Wow! This was amazing! I couldn't put it down. Now it's over I'm still thinking about it. Just brilliant… Heart-stoppingly thrilling and fiendishly addictive… one of the best psychological thrillers out there.’ Renita D’Silva, 5 stars

‘I just loved this book… gripping from the start and very very compulsive… a book I flew through… had me hooked… a fast-paced and brilliant mystery thriller from the brilliant Kerry Wilkinson.’ Goodreads Reviewer

‘What an intriguing, mind-boggling read!… So clever!… A gripping psychological suspense tale.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars

‘I read After the Accident over a couple of days. It’s a fantastic psychological thriller written in a unique way… I was totally hooked. It’s full of secrets, lies, twists and turns… gathering pace with each turn of the page.’ NetGalley Reviewer

Ratings and reviews

3.6

12 reviews

Mayurakshi Paul

April 7, 2020

“I received a free copy of this book from the publisher through Netgalley in return for an honest review.” Oh my God, This book was so so addicting! I just couldn’t stop reading it and frankly speaking if I didn’t have my studies to think about I would actually have finished it in one go, it was just so engaging, engrossing, ya… running out of adjectives now. This book had a feeling of suspense throughout and there were so many twists and turns in this tale that it kept you on the edge of the seat till the very last page. After the Accident is written in an interview format for the most part of the book. And personally this format worked really well from me. I could almost imagine a room in my head where all the characters were brought in and the camera frame moved from one character to another and their statements formed a seamless narrative. I really loved this format because we got to see so many emotions.

9 people found this review helpful

Drew Klein

March 31, 2020

If you like the unreliable narrator mode of story telling, you'll love this book because every voice is unreliable. After the Accident, pre-publication title Seven Days in July, recounts the stories of eleven people vacationing together in order to be together one last time before the Emma's mother succumbs to her illness. Actually, there may be other motivations that slowly unfold, depending who you believe. And that's the initial hook of this book, the quick jumps as the events on the island are told in chronological order, but not from a single perspective. Emma is our primary narrator, but quite often, the responses of of the others interject. It's clear the stories were being told individually to someone, but the narration makes you feel like you're sitting all in a room and people are interjecting and interrupting to challenge assertions and make their points. When I started, I thought this was going to be too confusing, but it wasn't at all. The use of Emma as our main narrator provided a constant, albeit an unreliable one. The narration of this book really exposes the implicit and explicit biases from each character's perspective. This narrative style could have worn off easily enough, and I'm glad that supporting it, or being supported by it, was a well developed plot that kept me up so I could find out what really happened. Or what each character says happened... No spoilers here, but it was refreshing that the style was not there to hide a weak plot, it's a fun story to read. I am sure that when I read other's reviews there are going to be a lot of differing opinions on the ending, I for one really like how it ends.

4 people found this review helpful

Anon Anon

July 7, 2021

Well, loved the formula and the plot, but disappointed in the open ending. Obviously I'm a reader who likes all the strings neatly tied up. To each his own. 07.07.2021

1 person found this review helpful

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