Don’t You Cry
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By Cass Green, Lisa Coleman, Anna Bentinck, Huw Parmenter, and and, Richard Trinder
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One stolen baby. Two desperate strangers. One night of terror.
The USA Today and Sunday Times top ten bestselling author returns with a dark and twisty psychological thriller. She saved your life.When Nina almost dies during a disastrous blind date, her life is saved by a waitress called Angel. But later that evening, Nina is surprised by a knock on the door. It’s Angel – and she’s pointing a gun at her.
Now she’ll make you pay.Minutes later, Angel’s younger brother Lucas turns up, covered in blood shielding a stolen newborn baby in his arms. Nina is about to endure the longest night of her life – a night that will be filled with terror and lead her to take risks she would never have believed herself capable of…
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I really enjoyed this book, and found it a gripping read. It wasn’t the most frightening of thrillers, but that didn’t detract from the story. I read it in one sitting as I was desperate to find out how it ended.
An intriguing tale, wouldn't like it to happen to me!
Not quite believable.
Flowed easily from character to character.
Read it in a 'oner'.
I would recommend this book to others.
While in a restaurant on a disastrous blind date, Nina nearly chokes on an olive. She is rescued by Angel, the waitress. Later that evening when Nina is at home she answers a knock at the door, only to find Angel standing there with a gun, closely followed by Angel’s brother Lucas, covered in blood and carrying a newborn baby. This is the start of the longest night of Nina’s life as she is held hostage in her own home. Nina, Angel and, to a lesser extent Lucas, all take turns at narrating the story so we learn more about each of them from their own perspectives as the book progresses.
This is a thoroughly enjoyable thriller and I found it gripping from start to finish. It contains all the requisite elements in abundance – tension, suspense and a well thought out plot. The main characters are very well developed and, despite Angel and Lucas’ antisocial behavior they are both believable and likeable. The author also managed to convince me that this situation was entirely reasonable and that it could happen to anyone (with a few exceptions – see below). In retrospect I think it must be a masterly piece of writing to achieve this as I sincerely hope that the reality is somewhat different.
My only slight criticism is that certain aspects of the story really are too far-fetched to be plausible but I guess credibility can be stretched for the sake of a narrative. Also, I am not a mother so who knows how I would behave when confronted with a similar situation. This last comment was designed to be cryptic as I don’t want to give away any salient features of the plot but if you read it you will know what I mean!
I have not read any Cass Green before, but I will certainly be looking out for more. Well done Cass.
