My review -
This
is not your classic amnesia story. A man wakes in a car on a Sheffield street
with no memory of who he is or how he got there. In the glove compartment
there's a journal, supposedly written by him, Tom. The events it relates mean
nothing to him but tell him that he disappears for about a week in January each
year. It's almost a double amnesia - in his week out in January he has no
memory of the rest of the year. According to the journal, the rest of the year
he can't remember what happens in his blank week - or in his first twenty years
of life.
This
story is a new slant on memory-loss and we suspect some trauma has caused it.
Tom is fearful that he will discover that he's a rapist or a murderer and is
scared to find out. It's an intriguing page-turner – a mystery which we unfold
with Tom. I was glued to this story. I first came to know the author’s work
through his fantasy novels but he is proving more than capable of handling the psychological
suspense/thriller categories too.
I received
a pre-publication copy of this book for review purposes.
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