I Let You Go: The Richard & Judy Bestseller

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I couldn’t get enough, and even its end delivers jaw-dropping moments which makes the story linger long after the flip of the final page. I did get a brief sense of deja vu - as I read a book last year The Bed I Made which also involves a young woman who moves to a secluded area to escape her past.

She starts to drive them both home and he becomes aggressive and insists they swap seats, even though he is drunk. I Let You Go is British author Clare Mackintosh’s intense debut psychological thriller, which also crosses into the mystery based, police procedural territory. I look at them, then I hurl them with all my strength toward the wall, where they shatter into tiny pieces that shower down onto my desk. Following the devastation of what happened she has had to leave all of this behind and she creates her own photography creations.

The last quarter or so of the novel had me flicking through the pages as fast as I could go, as I wanted to see how it all panned out. The wooden floor is stained from the lumps of clay that drop from my wheel, firmly placed in the center of the room, where I can move around it and stand back to view my work with a critical eye. I could really imagine myself walking along the beach and the oftentimes wild and barren outcrops above, with the wind whistling and a dog at my heals, very, very British. My hands are shaking and I put down my untouched tea before I drop it, but I clatter the china against the glass tabletop.

Jenna has an innocent conversation with the receptionist, Ian sees this as Jenna flirting and a reason to shout at her, belittle her and ultimately hit her. In Part 1 we flick between two POVs - that of the woman, choosing to begin her life again after the horrific accident and grief it has left behind. The “twist” is what everyone is talking about, and yes, I too got caught out by it and didn’t see it coming!I stayed up late last night to finish this one - which speaks volumes about how much I was enjoying it, as I value my sleep more than anything else in life! This novel clearly shows how in one moment an unexpected tragedy can occur leaving many people devastated. They reach the quiet street where home lies just around the corner, its seductive warmth a welcome thought. As they chase down one hopeless lead after another, they find themselves as drawn to each other as they are to the frustrating, twist-filled case before them.

They visit the refuge centre and speak to someone who can shed a light on the situation between Jenna and Ian. Chances are it is connected with the hit-and-run death of a child that the book opens with, but as a reader, you aren't sure of the connection to Jenna.The squeal of wet brakes, the thud of a five- year-old boy hitting the windshield and the spin of his body before it slams onto the road. They’d all been through it; even Ray, who had spent as little time in uniform as possible before moving on. I Let You Go crackles with tension from the opening pages and doesn't let go of its grip on you until the very end. For me, their relationship was not the strong point of the book, they are chatty, they work long hours, go to the pub, but the way their friendship pans out lacks building blocks. Jenna’s husband’s voice does not make an entry in later in the novel but Mackintosh does this for strategic plot reasons.

On a rainy afternoon, a mother’s life is shattered as her son slips from her grip and runs into the street . Ray is pretty useless and his perspective is mostly him flirting blandly with another police officer while his poor wife looks after the kids. She finds me another tissue, crumpled but clean, and turns the page of her newspaper to read about the Clifton Christmas lights switch-on. She was perpetually in motion: tapping fingers on the steering wheel, screwing up her nose, shifting in her seat. This is a puzzling mystery but the pacing was too slow in the beginning or perhaps it just took too long to get to the action and then once it got there, it really stretched the limits of what is believable.In a final motion, she drops her cell phone into a puddle cutting ties with the strings of her past life. A distracted mother follows behind her five year old son after picking him up from school on a rainy afternoon. Jacob is a 5 year old little boy who lets go of his mother's hand for a brief moment and is killed in a hit and run in the prologue of this gripping police procedural. I was on the point of giving up when a twist was revealed which turned the novel into a page Turner.