The Interview- Gill Perdue-crime thriller
Detectives Laura and Niamh are interviewing fourteen year old Jenny. Her mother and brother are both hospitalised and her step father is missing. Jenny isn't saying much, in fact hardly speaking so the two detectives are doing what they do best with vulnerable victims and trying to coax her to tell her story. Laura has her own demons and occasional words trigger her. This is at times a tense, rather dark tale where sometimes you wonder who is the victim and who is the cleverest with answers or questions. Jenny is vulnerable but knows how to play the game- whatever game is set before her. Laura is the specialist victim interviewer (along with Niamh) but as the interview goes on roles become grey areas. This is brilliantly written and well researched. It's one where your brain has to be in gear- which I enjoy- and try to decide certain things as I went along. There are flashback mentions of both domestic violence and rape (# trigger warning) however nothing more than in many crime books. A quite intense read but one I couldn't put down
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