I Looked Away
the page-turning Sunday Times Top 5 bestseller
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Publisher Description
You made a mistake . . .
But they're saying it's murder.
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'A great book to take away on holiday with you' *****
'Thrilling, emotional and pacy with a clever twist I didn't expect' Claire Douglas
'Sensitive and thought-provoking' Adele Parks
'Fearsomely good' Nicci French
Every Monday, 49-year-old Ellie looks after her grandson Josh. She loves him more than anyone else in the world. The only thing that can mar her happiness is her husband's affair. But he swears it's over now, and Ellie has decided to be thankful for what she's got.
Then one day, while she's looking after Josh, her husband gets a call from that woman. And just for a moment, Ellie takes her eyes off her grandson. What happens next will change her life forever.
Because Ellie is hiding something from her past. And what looks like an accident could start to look like murder . . .
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of My Husband's Wife, comes a beautifully written page-turner for fans of Lisa Jewell and Clare Mackintosh.
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PRAISE FOR JANE CORRY
'Compulsive, edgy and with some fabulous twists that I didn't see coming!' B A Paris, The Therapist
'Beautifully written' Peter James, Left You Dead
'A 'keep you up all night' thriller with a very big heart. I loved it' Kate Hamer, Crushed
'I raced through this - staying up FAR too late to finish' Teresa Driscoll, Her Perfect Family
Customer Reviews
Disappointing. A generous 3*
I bought this based on the number of 4 and 5* reviews on Amazon and the fact that Penguin published it. I read to the end expecting, hoping, for the reasons for this to suddenly become apparent but I’m totally disappointed.
Psychological abuse and homelessness, major themes in the book, are serious issues but I don’t feel either topic was written about convincingly. The number of the various homeless scenarios, for example, were implausible, especially perhaps the one involving a teenage boy.
The third part of the book was like a particularly corny episode of This is Your Life with multiple characters from childhood to recent times appearing to say their bit. Again, I found much of this too ridiculously implausible.
The writing style annoyed me from the start. It was a total mishmash of gimmicks. Much was written in the present tense, even when looking back at events from decades earlier and, with two first person narrators, it was confusing at times. There were also sections printed in large italics. It did come together eventually - sort of - but I really didn’t care by this time. I ended up feeling that perhaps the gimmicks were necessary to disguise a very average, unconvincing story.
Most annoying was the language used by an adult recounting childhood memories and constantly talking about mummy and daddy. It was peppered with childish language, for example, plucked just now at random, the character said she had headaches ‘in what the nurse called my temples.’
The title is ‘I looked away’. I wish I had before buying it.