We start with single mum Emma who receives a call in the wee hours from her son Jack begging for help She rushes to him and finds him in a derelict building standing over the body of his ex girlfriend Zoe Jack says he woke up to find her dead and with the drink and drugs he took at the party they were both at has no recollection of what happened Emma s maternal instincts kick in and she helps Jack put the body in the car drives to a remote place and waits while he hides it where hopefully no one will find itEmma tries to return to her teaching life the next day but as word spreads about Zoe s disappearance especially as she is the daughter of the man she is having an affair with it all starts to get a bit tricky for her and her work starts to suffer And then she gets a message from someone who saw what she didAnd then it all degenerates into a bit of a bonkers mess which gets and incredible as it goes on I say incredible it s also predictable and I did guess what happened quite early on That said the author did rather shock me with how she brought the story to its conclusion and I have to admit to being impressed with that Another thing that excited me initially was the inclusion of one of my favourite animals which you don t hear about that often if ever the Mouflon which you can see a pretty impressive herd of at the New Forest Wildlife Park although my excitement swiftly turned sour when I read them described as a goat and native only to Cyprus they are actually a species of sheep and only one subspecies of them is only found there I know I know no one else cares and it s a small thing but it s important to me All in all an OK read that did keep me occupied and sort of entertained But given my previous healthy track record with this author will not in itself put me off her My thanks go to the Publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book 1529416019 Single mother Emma is at her limit with two children to look after a demanding job and an ex husband who doesn t pull his weight Mostly she manages but when her teenage don Jack calls her in the middle of the night saying that he needs help her life is thrown into chaos She finds him in a state of panic His ex girlfriend Zoe is lying on the floor dead They d been at a party drinking too much and taking drugs and Jack has no memory of how they got there Emma s instinct is to protect her son at all costs so she helps him hide Emma s body But can she handle keeping their secret or will it break her Set in Cyprus Emma is divorced from her Cypriot husband She s an English teacher at her children s secondary school While sleeping one night her phone wakes her it s her son Jack telling her he needs her help He s just woken up in a derelict house his ex girlfriend is dead Emma tries to find out what happened the night Zoe died The pace is steady This book shows how far a mother would go to protect her own The last thirty per cent was the best part of the book If it had been like that all the way through it would have been a five star rating. She did great job Published 18th July 2024I would like to thank NetGalley QuercusBooks and the author KarenCole for my ARC of WhatSheDid in exchange for an honest review 1529416019 Psychological thrillers in sunnier climes are amongst my favourite things this novel ticked those boxes and many besides I defy anyone to predict THAT ending Set in beautiful Cyprus Emma is an English woman who having married a Cypriot now divorced has 2 children nearing the end of their secondary education Emma is an English teacher in her children s secondary school Sleeping soundly in her bed one night Emma is woken to the sound of her phone on answering she is delivered the news from her son that he has awoken in a derelict house lying next to him is the corpse of his brutally murdered ex girlfriend Believing him to have been set up for the murder they quickly hide the body and clean the crime scene What follows is a wonderful tale in amateur sleuthing as Emma seeks to find the identity of the murderer The reveal is spectacular This is an utter treat gripping to the end a novel I would 100% recommend. Psychological thrillers tv shows My thanks to NetGalley author and publisher for the opportunity to review this novel in exchange for an advance copy 1529416019 Thanks to Netgalley and Quercus for providing this ARC for an honest review. Sherlock holmes book Emma is a divorced teacher single mother of 2 teenagers and having an affair with a married fellow teacher When her son calls her in the middle of the night telling her that he needs help because he has woken up from being black out drunk and his friend Zoe is dead and he isn t sure if he killed her Emma immediately goes to help They move the body to where no one will find it but that is just the start of the trouble for Emma Now she has to act like she has no idea what could have happened to the missing girl and she wants to figure out who really killed her so that she can exonerate her son if he becomes a suspect 3. She did her best to help him I like this author and I love that this book was set in Cyprus which sounds like such an interesting place I really didn t like Emma as she was going on in her inner monologues about how she was a good person while she was actively sleeping with a married man and withholding from him what actually happened to his daughter I thought it was a little slow as well There were chunks of the book where I felt nothing new was being turned up but around 65% I started getting interested in what had really happened and when I found out it was definitely unexpected but I don t know if it was a super satisfying ending Not a bad read but not this author s best 1529416019 Emma is a single mother living in Cyprus with her two kids one being her teenage son who s been acting out a lot since her husband left her for another woman Things get even complicated when the daughter of the man she has been having an affair with starts dating the aforementioned son before breaking his heart. Model of this kindle But it gets a lot worse when her son Jack calls her late at night after he was meant to be at a party to say that he s in a deserted old house the girl is dead and he cannot remember what actually happened in the lead up to her death Emma has a terrible choice to makeAn entertaining read exploring the limits of a mother s love or the absence of those limits It gets 3. Book shelf wood 5 stars I received a free copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review 1529416019

What She Did By Karen Cole

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What She Did by K Cole published by Quercus Books is a full length stand alone thrilling read. Psychological thrillers to watch Emma is a single mom with two kids a demanding job a needy ex husband She has her hands full When her teenage son calls her in the deep of night needing her help she can t fathom what happened Driven by wanting to protect her pup and finding the truth at the same time she s torn And soon she s in danger too. She did her best to help him It took me a minute to get into the story but ptettty soon I was hooked A great read 45 stars 1529416019 Thanks Netgalley for my copy This was okay but just far too slow And then the ending annoyed me I saw some of it coming that wasn t this issue My main issue is the main character s reaction to what they found out It just made them seem even pathetic than she did before and she was already a bit of a loser already Not impressed 1529416019 When an after show party goes wrong Jack rings his mom at 2 in the morning asking for her help Why They had been drinking in an abandoned house but nothing could prepare his mom for what she saw What happened Has Jack done something Only Jack can t remember. Pdf to excel sheet This is a great read that had me gripped How far would a parent go for their child Great physcological thriller 1529416019 Emma is woken in the night by a call from her son Jack he has woke in an abandoned house next to the dead body of his ex girlfriend Zoe Hasty decisions follow that lead Emma to become an accomplice after the fact but with the belief her son is innocent as he has zero memory of the previous nights events Emma starts a one woman amateur sleuth campaign as she tries to piece together what happened to Zoe who is to blame and why Jack was implicated As a teacher at the school she has access to most of the children and is keeping her ear to the ground Destination murder mystery thriller a whodunnit that I raced through This is the perfect summer read set in sunny Cyprus divorced Emma is mum to two teenagers Jack and Molly and determined to find out the truth of Zoe s murder no matter what gets in her way Craving the reveal of the murderer had me flying through the book and the ending was superb Every so often a hidden gem of a book like this crosses my path special thanks to NetGalley publisher and author for my advanced copy I will be sure to be reading of Karen Cole s work 1529416019 Karen Cole grew up in the Cotswolds and got a degree in psychology at Newcastle University She spent several years teaching English around the world before settling in Cyprus with her husband and two sons where she works at a British army base as a primary school teacher She recently completed the Curtis Brown writing course where she found her love of writing psychological thrillers Deliver Me is her debut novel from Quercus Librarians note There is than one author in the Goodreads database with this name Karen Cole grew up in the Cotswolds and got a degree in psychology at Newcastle University She spent several years teaching English around the world before settling in Cyprus with her husband and two sons where she works at a British army base as a primary school teacher She recently completed the Curtis Brown writing course where she found her love of writing psychological thrillers Deliver Me is her debut novel from Quercus Librarian s note There is than one author in the Goodreads database with this name site_link What would you do to protect the ones you love Single mother Emma is at her limit with two children to look after a demanding job and an ex husband who doesn t pull his weight Mostly she manages but when her teenage son Jack calls her in the middle of the night saying that he needs help her life is thrown into chaos She finds him in a state of panic His ex girlfriend Zoe is lying on the floor dead They d been at a party drinking too much and taking drugs and Jack has no memory of how they got there Emma s instinct is to protect her son at all costs so she helps him hide Zoe s body But can she handle keeping their secret or will it break her What readers are saying about Karen Cole Absolutely amazing 5 Reader Review Great storyline and suspense 5 Reader Review One of my go to authors 5 Reader Review I am a huge fan 5 Reader Review Gripping Can t wait to read another 5 Reader Review What She Did.

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