It is always a treat to open a new book by B M Carroll and this one is no exception: domestic noire, if that’s a genre, at its best! On paper Rachel and Rory and their teenage children, Bridie and Emmet, living in a Sydney beachside suburb, have got it all. In reality, however, they’ve each got their demons: first world problems maybe but no less painful for those living with them.
Rachel’s plans for a big family night out at a stadium concert aren’t going strictly according to plan but she is hoping the shared experience will lift the children’s spirits and rekindle the warmth she and Rory have lost.
A shocking turn of events finds one of the family is missing after the concert. B M Carroll has woven a dramatic, suspenseful tale which crept up on me and had me reaching compulsively for the book in every spare minute. I picked up on one clue relatively early but I didn’t come close to working out how it was going to end. That, for me, is the test of a good thriller.
The story is greatly enriched by the reasons for the private angst each character is suffering. They are all different, all relatable, although one of them is not exactly an average, every day problem!
Altogether an excellent thriller from one of Australia’s finest.
Published by Affirm Press.
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