Book Blurb –
Peek-a-boo, I see you …….
When five-year-old Helen
Stephens witnesses her Mother’s murder, her whole world comes crumbling down.
Rejected by her extended family, Helen is handed over to child services and
learns to trust no-one but herself. Twenty years later, her mother’s killer is
let out of jail, and Helen swears vengeance.
Jason Moody runs a halfway
house, desperate to distance himself from his father’s gangster dealings. But
when Helen shows up on his doorstep, he decides to dig into her past, and risks
upsetting some very dangerous people.
As Helen begins to question
what really happened to her mother, Jason is determined to protect her. But
Helen is getting too close to someone who’ll stop at nothing to keep the truth
hidden.
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My review –
Just looking at the cover of
the book should draw you in straight away. This book was a great read. I
couldn’t put it down and took it everywhere and read it everywhere at every
opportunity.
The main character Helen is
extremely well written and comes across as a strong, vengeful yet kind and
loving person all rolled into one. I really liked her and how her character was
portrayed. There are some really strong
characters in the book and some really quirky ones. I love how the characters
in the halfway house were all so different and all so likeable.
The way the author
constructed the family makeup of Helens extended family was great too, and you
went from hating them to liking them, to distrusting them all.
The descriptive writing of
all the different locations was also so good that you could picture them
vividly as if you had been there yourself.
It was a bit of a whodunit
type book, and just when you thought you knew who the murderer was, the author
flipped the story and made you doubt yourself. It was full of twists and turns
which made it so good that you don’t want to put it down.
If you like family saga’s
with a bit of murder mystery thrown in, then this is the book of the year for
you.
About the Author –
Henriette grew up in Northern Denmark but moved to England after she graduated from the University of Copenhagen . She wrote her first book when she was ten, a tale of two orphan
sisters running away to Egypt fortunately to be adopted by a perfect family they
meet on the Orient Express.
Between that first literary
exploit and now, she has worked in the Danish Civil Service, for a travel
agent, a consultancy company, in banking, hospital administration, and for a
county court before setting herself up as a freelance translator and linguist.
Expecting her first child
and feeling bored, she picked up the pen again, and when a writer friend
encouraged her to join the Romantic Novelists Association, she began to pursue
her writing in earnest. Her debut novel “Up Close” won the New Talent Award in
2011 from the Festival of Romance and a Commended from the Yeovil Literary
Prize.
Henriette is married and
lives in London .
The Elephant Girl is
Henriettes second novel. Look for her next release, The Highwayman’s Daughter,
in January 2014.
Follow Henriette:
Twitter - @henrigyland
Facebook – www.facebook.com/henriette.gyland
Website – www.henriettegyland.wordpress.com
To read more about Henriette's other novels, see Choc Lit publishing author page. Click here
This sounds fab, thanks for a great giveaway and review.
ReplyDeleteLainy http://www.alwaysreading.net
I enjoyed this one too! Choc Lit have had some great reads recently. :-)
ReplyDeletesounds great, my daughter's name is Helen too..lol...
ReplyDeleteI wish I will win the book as I believe the book will take me traveling around the world which I cannot afford it in real ;)
ReplyDeleteThank you Armaini. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteIt sound really interesting to read.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Anh for winning a kindle copy of The Elephant Girl.
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