Saigon Dark by Elka Ray
Publisher: Crime Wave Press
Blurb:
Good and bad. Life and death. Some choices aren't black and white
A
grief-stricken young mother switches her dead baby for an abused child,
then spends the next decade living a lie. She remarries and starts to
feel safe when she gets a note: 'I know what you did'. Can she save her
family from her dark secret?
My Thoughts:
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
On the same night her young daughter dies Lily finds a beaten neglected child, around the same age as her daughter, on her doorstep. Citing ‘fate’ as her motivation she decides to keep the child.
The story follows Lily’s life over the next 11 years as she walks a fine line between right and wrong, good and bad. She is always trying to justify her actions while hiding a terrible secret that leaves a heavy burden on her life.
The story is full of raw emotion and tension. Lily runs from her old life and starts over where no-one knows her but there is always that foreboding feeling that her past will one day catch up with her.
The narration is mainly in short, sharp sentences which perfectly portrays the way Lily’s mind is thinking; fast, sharp and erratic. She is always despairing about life and thinking worse case scenarios.
When the note appears that someone knows what she did there are already a few likely suspects that kept me guessing and changing my mind constantly. I never did actually guess right!
I couldn’t read this book fast enough. I was anxious to see what Lily would do next and if she would ever get out of her dilemma.
A tension filled story of lies, betrayal and blackmail. A real sense of foreboding is felt throughout.
Highly recommended!
I received an ERC from the publisher.
About the Author; (courtesy of Goodreads)
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