That Night-Giillian McAllister-psychological thriller
A group of siblings whilst on holiday in Italy cover up a car accident where one
of them failed to stop and ended up killing the man as they were on the wrong
side of the road. One thing led to another and they ended up burying the victim
and acting as if nothing had happened. The siblings Joe, Cathy and Frannie
run a veterinary practice back home with their mother who works part time.
They were interviewed by the police after the man was reported missing- a
man they had briefly met in the marketplace the day before as there was
a small altercation about him smoking. Alternate chapters are “then” and
“now”, then being in Italy and now back home in England. I enjoyed this but
for me it didn’t quite have that usual air of tension all the way through of
other books by this author which I have devoured and loved. It was as if
there was just that little something missing from the first 50% of the book
which I can't quite put my finger on.( that said about 80% of the way in
OMG…) It's well written ( as ever) and the plot is well thought out. Maybe
it's the changing from “then” to “now” ?? Anyway, it’s a great plot and one
to keep your grey cells thinking as for most of the book it appears
obvious as to the ending… and then it doesn’t is all I'm saying!
A well crafted read and a thoroughly enjoyable one.
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