Release: December 6th 2022
Format: Ebook
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Source: Zooloo’s Book Tours
Find it at: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle
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Two kidnappings, thirty years apart. Can Stacey face her own dark past in order to save her stepdaughter?
When Stacey’s ex-husband turns up on her doorstep begging her to help save his kidnapped thirteen-year-old daughter, Lyra, the terror is all too familiar. Stacey’s own violent kidnapping thirty years ago was never solved. While a severe case of amnesia spares her from recalling the specific horrors, she remembers enough…
Stacey knows her father never paid the ransom. She has the missing pinkie finger to prove it. She knows she was only saved because of an anonymous tip-off to the police. And she knows her captor was never apprehended.
Lyra’s kidnappers have made it clear the police must not get involved. But Stacey can’t shake the eerie similarities between the two cases. She’ll use whatever she can, from her journalistic powers to her shady contacts, to save Lyra from the same nightmare. Desperate to find any link between Lyra’s abduction and her own, Stacey forces herself to revisit her forgotten, traumatic past for clues.
But can she make sense of the terrible secrets she unearths in time to save Lyra? And if she does, is she ready to face her own tormentor?
About the Author:
USA Today bestselling author and winner of The People’s Book Prize Award. Carol Wyer’s crime novels have sold over one million copies and been translated into nine languages. A move from humour to the ‘dark side’ in 2017, saw the introduction of popular DI Robyn Carter in Little Girl Lost. It proved that Carol had found her true niche. February 2021 saw the release of the first in the much-anticipated new series. It featured DI Kate Young. An Eye For An Eye was chosen as a Kindle First Reads and became the #1 bestselling book on Amazon UK and Amazon Australia. Carol has had articles published in national magazines ‘Woman’s Weekly’, featured in ‘Take A Break’, ‘Choice’, ‘Yours’ and ‘Woman’s Own’ magazines and the Huffington Post.
She’s also been interviewed on numerous radio shows discussing ”Irritable Male Syndrome’ and ‘Ageing Disgracefully’ and on BBC Breakfast television. She currently lives on a windy hill in rural Staffordshire with her husband Mr. Grumpy… who is very, very grumpy. When she is not plotting devious murders, she can be found performing her comedy routine, Smile While You Still Have Teeth.
Behind Closed Doors Review:
I have read quite a few suspense crime thrillers and found “Behind Closed Doors” to be a unique premise. It was interesting to see how our main lead, Stacey, investigates the kidnapping of her stepdaughter when she was a victim of a similar incident many years back. Moreover, the kidnapper is a copycat in many ways, where they follow the same methods of revealing clues as Stacey’s, and you wonder why they would target her family after so many years.
I liked Stacey in the lead and thought the author wrote her perfectly with flaws. Some of my favorite moments in the books are when she remembers the past with Doctor Erin, which reveals a part of her trauma that had locked up long back. The author also paces the story nicely, where you meet various people who could have the motive for kidnapping Lyra. When you figure out who it could be, the author throws you off and brings another character from Stacey’s past into the picture. The twist in the end also threw me off and was one I did not see coming, which made the story enjoyable.
Moreover, I liked the cast of characters too. Ashraf and Erin were my favorites, and I loved the dynamic they brought in. Jack also had his moments and spiced up the tale with his emotions. However, the most exciting person was Bella. She was unpredictable and fierce, and I enjoyed her flashback scenes with Stacey. Even Ox was fun with the way he found out information. I hope the author writes more books with Stacey and these characters, and I would love to revisit them.
Overall, I enjoyed “Behind Closed Doors” and thought the author executed it well!
Book Tour Schedule
I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the Behind Closed Doors by Carol Wyer Blog Tour hosted by Zooloo’s Book Tours.
Morning Rajiv, many thanks indeed for starting my day with a huge smile.
I’m delighted that you enjoyed reading the book, moreover that you liked the characters, especially the minor ones.
Huge thanks for being part of the tour and shouting out about the book. If you have a moment, I’d really appreciate it if you could copy this review to Amazon. I would love other readers to be able to read it.
As I said in answer to your lovely Insta post, it appears others also would like to see Stacey return, so thank you for the encouragement and I shall definitely set about putting that into action.
Thank you again for taking part in the tour and sharing the book love.
Thank you so much for taking part in the tour and for sharing your review x