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2000s: A busy doctors surgery in Bristol becomes the scene of horror and the centre of a moral dilemma for one woman
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One day, Susan walks into a busy doctor’s surgery and guns down two members of staff. Then she calmly waits for the police.
Beth is the lawyer assigned to defend Susan. But her client is uncooperative until both women realise that twenty-nine years earlier, they were childhood friends.
Turns out life has plans in store that no one could have foreseen….
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Although the main setting in this book is the moral maze of what you might do if you discover a childhood friend has just shot two people in cold blood, the novel is clearly based in and around Bristol – the countryside of the area is described as is the seafaring history of the city itself
She loved the way the city had not forgotten its sea faring past;the revamped dock area was a delight to wander round it, with a museum, art gallery and dozens of bars and restaurants”
From her offices in the Berkeley square in Bristol, she hears of a woman who has shot two people dead and finding out who that woman is takes her around the sights and memories of their shared childhood. From the moment they meet at Bridewell police station, the floodgates open…
Two very different children whose lives went two very different ways seems to mirror the changes in Bristol itself from the nice areas to the not so nice and the changing development which the sea faring city has been through over the years
Each of the characters seem to show Bristol and the area in a new light – Reuben and the woods near Hill House… Reuben’s special place… and the Liam and Susan’s childhood links and memories of the city.
The tragedy where it all starts in a quiet unassuming part of the city – in a centre where people go to get medical treatment. But where tragedy strikes.
Booktrailer Review
Clare:
Once you get past the cover – I admit I’m put off by the silky sweet covers – this is a great read. The picture or style of the front doesn’t not reflect at all the content of the book! This one has rather dark and difficult to read story lines and I was taken aback at that but it made for a very unexpected yet welcoming surprise.
The issue of the shooting seemed clear cut at first but…well there were so many layers and ‘explanations’ for why Susan had shot those people, and you realise that sometimes things really aren’t as clear cut as you might think.
Tragedy lurked in both Beth and Susan’s tories and the childhood links and friendship links made for a new twist. The backstories were introduced over the course of the novel and it did make me think – Would I have reacted the same as Beth when I knew what my friend had done?
Introduced nicely a moral dilemma and a nice visit to Bristol, a city I knew little about.
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