The Secret Admirer by Carol Wyer
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About the Book
I tried to talk to you today but you snubbed me and walked away. It wasn’t wise to give me the brush-off, Gemma. I can be a truly good friend but I also make the perfect enemy.’
Sasha’s eighteen-year-old daughter Gemma was all she had in the world. Sasha fell pregnant with Gemma when she was still at school, and the two are as close as sisters. So when Gemma’s burned and broken body is found, Sasha’s world ends. What kind of person would want her beautiful daughter dead?
Leading the case is Detective Natalie Ward, scarred by her own recent tragedy. When she finds a note in Gemma’s diary from ‘a secret admirer’, she moves quickly, determined to un-mask them. But interviews with Gemma’s devastated ex-boyfriend, and her charismatic teacher, who has been seen embracing his student far away from the classroom, don’t give Natalie the answers she’d hoped for…
And then the case takes a devastating, personal twist. CCTV footage reveals Natalie’s estranged husband David followed Gemma home every evening the week before she died.
Natalie is forced to put personal feelings aside and follow procedure, even though she can’t believe David could be guilty. But when Gemma’s housemate is found murdered, Natalie thinks the killer could still be at large. Is she right to trust her instincts about David and can she discover the truth before another precious life is taken?
Grippingly fast and nail-bitingly tense, The Secret Admirer will have you flying through the pages long into the night. Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Rachel Abbott and Karin Slaughter.
About the Author
Carol Wyer garnered a loyal following as an author of romantic comedies, and won The People’s Book Prize Award for non-fiction (2015). In 2017 she stepped from comedy to the “dark side” and embarked on a series of thrillers, featuring the popular DI Robyn Carter, which earned her recognition as a crime writer.
The Staffordshire-based writer now has more crime novels in the pipeline, although she can still sometimes be found performing her stand-up comedy routine Laugh While You Still Have Teeth.
The Staffordshire-based writer now has more crime novels in the pipeline, although she can still sometimes be found performing her stand-up comedy routine Laugh While You Still Have Teeth.
My Review
Book 6 in the Natalie Ward series.
I have loved all of the books in the series so far and was wondering how it could follow the last book, The Blossom Twins that actually left me speechless. I should not have been worried. The secret admirer follows on seamlessly from The Blossom Twins and is sympathetic and realistic to Natalies situation.
19 year old Gemma Barnes is killed in an acid attack on the steps of the library and Detective Natalie Ward is called to investigate. Her first investigation back after time off for personal reasons after the last murders she investigated. Gemma is a student that lives in a shared house with others and is very close to her young mother.
Natalie has a lot to deal with and lots of lines of enquiries to follow but she and her team are determined to bring the killer to justice. There were lots of twists and turns which kept me gripped and wondering what happened next.
Natalie’s team work well together, the characters and the relationships between them are realistic and sometimes complex. I loved the book and highly recommend. The secret Admirer can be read as a stand alone book but why would you want to miss out on the first 5? 5 stars
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