Whatever happened to Betsy Blake -David M Lyons -Psychological thriller
Wow! Sit back and prepare for the ride! One of my books of the year. Gordon is in
hospital and may only have a few hours left to live. He is having an operation at
3 pm and the doctors have given him a fifty:fifty chance of survival.
Lenny is a private investigator who just about makes enough to keep his family's
head above water, mostly by doing simple insurance jobs.
hospital and may only have a few hours left to live. He is having an operation at
3 pm and the doctors have given him a fifty:fifty chance of survival.
Lenny is a private investigator who just about makes enough to keep his family's
head above water, mostly by doing simple insurance jobs.
In all the years doing this he has never had that one big, urgent case that could make
him. Seventeen years ago Betsy Blake was playing on a wall whilst her father nearby
talked to a friend. She disappeared and was never seen again. The police closed their
case, presuming she was dead after nothing had been found other than some DNA
in a car which somehow showed she was no longer alive. Gordon has never given up
on his daughter returning and now in what may be his last hours he needs answers
and quickly. Lenny’s agency is the nearest one to the hospital and so he employs
him to find whatever he can in the five hours he has left. Gordon is convinced that
one of two men took her and so begins Lenny’s first real big case. We get chapters
from three different perspectives. Lenny and Gordon who of course interact and
occasional ones of Betsy with a timeline of how far back she is describing of how
she is being looked after.
I took to Lenny. He had a simplicity about him that was endearing. OK he was after
the reward but he also had Gordon’s best interest at heart. Gordon you felt for being
in such a predicament but he had had seventeen years to do this. The Nurse Elaine
doing her utmost to try and keep Gordon’s heart suitable for surgery whilst all the
time the search is ongoing. I won’t give anything away other than to say prepare
for the unexpected. I should have seen that coming!!
Clever, brilliant, gripping. 5* all the way.
(there is a video link a the end of the book which is really interesting and explains a few things
about the book and the clues that were along the way)
(there is a video link a the end of the book which is really interesting and explains a few things
about the book and the clues that were along the way)
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really enjoyed this book. Could not put it down and what a surprise at the end
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