By Will Carver
British Crime Fiction
'Carver weaves these strands together for an unsettling but compelling mixture of the banal, the horrific and, at times, the near-comic, wrong-footing the reader at every turn'
— Laura Wilson, Guardian
๐My Review
While his wife Maeve sleeps alone upstairs, insomniac Seth stays up late randomly phoning strangers hoping someone will talk to him. One night a crossed line finds Seth chatting to a young suicidal woman, Hadley Serf, who mistakenly believes she's calling The Samaritans. In due course Seth and Hadley arrange to meet. Then Seth decides to bring Hadley home. . .
The book is a character-driven narcissistic read. It's unpredictable and twisty — a deadly game of cat and mouse. It most definitely shocks and disturbs but ultimately stands out as being original and insightful.
Book Source: Purchased copy
My Rating ⭐⭐⭐Publisher: Orenda Books (15 Nov 2018)
Genre: Crime
๐The Blurb
Seth Beauman can't sleep. He stays up late, calling strangers from his phonebook, hoping to make a connection, while his wife, Maeve, sleeps upstairs. A crossed wire finds a suicidal Hadley Serf on the phone to Seth, thinking she is talking to The Samaritans.
But a seemingly harmless, late-night hobby turns into something more for Seth and for Hadley, and soon their late-night talks are turning into day-time meet-ups. And then this dysfunctional love story turns into something altogether darker, when Seth brings Hadley home.
And someone is watching.
๐The Author
He currently runs his own fitness and nutrition company, while working on his next thriller. He lives in Reading with his two children.
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