Friday 6 August 2021




 Scars- Dan Scottow- psychological thriller

OMG. What begins as a seemingly innocent tale soon begins to turn

into more…The book begins in 2008 with a girl strapped onto a gurney

with someone approaching,  knowing her end is nigh. Years later Lucy has

taken a new position as carer for an elderly gentleman, Richard, in a

remote part of Scotland. His wife Diana is no longer able to care for him,

both having both been injured in an accident years beforehand.  Richard

has locked in syndrome and can't move or speak hence needing a carer.

Diana has a horrendous scar on her face which she does her best to hide

with her hair. Lucy quickly finds out that they lost a daughter and the odd

chapter takes us back to when Diana and Richard wanted to meet up with

their daughter as there was a rift of some sort. Diana is rather secretive

and there are little personal effects- photographs etc around the house.

She also likes a drink - in her own words- (underestimation) and has

rather a selection of drugs to help her through her pain- a combination

Lucy warns her about and soon gets short shrift from. 

I took to Lucy and the situation she rapidly found herself in- in a strange

place, no friends, no wifi or mobile signal and a rather odd couple to deal

with. There is a wonderful building of tension- you just have that feeling

that something is amiss but not quite what- the sign of a carefully crafted

plot very well written. A drama slowly unravelling before your eyes but

not knowing who is/ are the baddie. OMG! I won’t spoil anything- other

than expect the unexpected. Clever, crafty (as in well crafted!) and

captivating. Wow!

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