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The Suicide Pact- David Lyons-Psychological thriller
One of the best books I have read this year ****

 Two thirteen year old girls Ciara and Ingrid have had enough of life and decide to
make a pact. One that will end their lives. One of them has been feeling this way
for two years. The other one took a little longer but also has decided that she wants
to end her life. They have been overheard at school and the person calls it into the
police. The police have had fake calls before but this time think it is  a known criminal
giving them a distraction whilst he pulls off something else. Detective Helen Brennan
having had a personal experience of suicide takes this rather more seriously. We get
hints that she may not be officially on the force but works this in her “off duty” time
with a young uniform Charlie who would love to be a detective to escape the boredom
of his desk and menial work that he is given. As ever David builds the tension
between the pages and early on you feel for the girls. Only thirteen and having had
enough of life? A premise that sadly rings true in some cases. There are wonderful
relationships, similar but different, between the two pairs. Ciara and Ingrid have been
friends for a long time and trust each other to a point. Part of their pact is not to ask
each other if they still want to go through with it but can’t help reassuring each other
each time of them waivers. The relationship between Helen and Charlie as they get
to know each other in a few sparse frantic hours is brilliant. The camaraderie, the
trust between two fellow professionals but a special something else that David
gets across brilliantly.  Oh! Be still my beating heart- the ending. I won’t spoil
anything other than to say boy- I didn’t see that coming. A stunningly clever, very
well thought out plot, wonderful characters and a book to remember for a long
time. I have my own 5** award for those books that have that extra special
quality-about 10% of what I read each year (around 220 books in total).
This one deserves it in spades. Wow, just wow!
For more reviews please see my blog http://nickibookblog.blogspot.co.uk/

Comments

  1. Unknown14 September 2019 at 11:45

    Hi,I can’t load the interview at the end of suicide pact,did you bit.

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