this book will keep you glued to your seat, reading into the night (well, that's what I did!) - the narrator pulls you in right from the beginning, and we begin to sense the sinister and creeping danger too - these two women were great friends, but now her friend is mysteriously dead - why? and the twists and turns go on until the very last minute. but, okay, this is very good and skilful, but what is extra special about Allan as writer is how she brings it home - it feels all just like my life, my friends, my dilemmas from tiny details to broad strokes. and that's why she is really so very good and unique. highly recommended ...

What an absolute page turner. Forget me not had everything you could ask for in a thriller. There was death, secrets and plenty of twists and turns. It had me gripped from the opening page.

I have to be honest here and say that this book became a must read for me entirely based on this brilliant cover! As soon as I saw it I had to grab a copy and read it right away. I’m so pleased to say that the novel lives up to the great cover and I very much enjoyed this crime thriller. It follows the discovery of the body of a young woman who has been murdered. The novel is told from the viewpoints of Elizabeth, who found the dead woman, and Rachel, the murdered woman’s best friend. Both woman have a lot in their own lives and so when the murder happens their nerves are brought to breaking point. I loved both strands of the novel and was keen to see how it was all going to turn out. I was thrilled that I was kept guessing until the reveal happened as it’s not very often that I can’t put the pieces together in a crime novel. I did have my suspicions and I was close but I didn’t get it figured out. Huge kudos to Claire Allan for keeping me on my toes! I loved this book, it’s Claire’s best thriller to date and I highly recommend it!

Thrilling story, great plot and characters that keep you guessing right til the end. Great for fans of this genre. Really enjoyable.

Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher and the author for a copy of this book.

Fantastic read, this book kept me hooked from the first page! cannot wait to read more from this author

The second book I have read of Claire’s and I wasn’t disappointed. Such an intense psychological thriller that’s set in Ireland. Two narrators and one murder that has many twists and turns. An exceptional read

Forget Me Not by Claire Allan is a psychological thriller set in Derry, Ireland where Claire is from. Clare is found brutally murdered on the side of the road.. managing to whisper a warning to Elizabeth before passing away. Soon Julie, Elizabeth & Rachel are receiving similar flower arrangements with strange notes and Rachel insists she is being followed. So who is behind it all and what links these women together?

I really enjoyed this book. Although I guessed some of the twists - I definitely didn't see them all coming!

Great read!

This is my first Claire Allan book but won't be my last! The narration goes back and forth between Elizabeth, an elderly woman who finds a girl brutally murdered down the street from her house, and that girl's best friend, Rachel. This is a difficult one to give a plot summary for because of all the twists and turns. The characters in this book are a little underdeveloped, and some are downright unlikable, but the story is so much fun it's easy to overlook that. I flew through this creepy little thriller.

Elizabeth, a kindly grandmother, is out walking her dog early one summer morning when she makes a shocking and gruesome discovery - the body of a young woman, savagely mutilated and on the verge of death, dumped on the side of the road. Whispering just two words ‘warn them’ before expiring, the message haunts Elizabeth, leaving her unable to rest until she can work out just who she needs to warn, and about what.

The narration alternates in first person between Elizabeth and Rachel, whose closest friend Clare was the woman murdered on the road. Though at first glance this seems to be the only link between the two, it’s slowly revealed that there is a much deeper and darker connection, one which may lead to more deaths before Clare’s killer is brought to justice.

Elizabeth is easy to sympathize with, especially as the tragedies she’s suffered through are revealed. Rachel is harder to like, even though we first meet her as she’s thinking about the tragedy of her mother’s death, because she’s in the middle of imploding her own marriage by embarking on an affair. With two daughters to think of, she has moments of pure selfishness and even though she’s scaldingly self-honest too, I occasionally found myself irritated with her behaviour.

The author does a fantastic job with building the suspense here, sowing the seeds right from the beginning for the conclusion, but revealing information in carefully rationed tidbits, with a few red herrings for good measure, to keep the reader guessing right up until the end. This is a genuinely engrossing read and I’d definitely read more by this author. Five stars.

There are two points of views in the story. The point of view of the one who saw the murdered victim and the other one was the possible victim.
I liked how this story started. They were betrayal, loss, love, friendship, and problem with marriage.
The connection between Elizabeth and Clare was amazing! Hands down to you Miss Claire Allan!
I had a hunched who was the real killer and I was happy that I was correct.
I love the plot and I can't wait to read more of your wonderful work, Miss Claire.
Thank you to Avon and Netgalley for the ARC!

An average thriller plot line which was well constructed. Good dialogue. I struggled with the characters and the intricacies of their backgrounds, however, and ultimately struggled to keep going with the story, only doing so because I wanted to know the conclusion.

The market is saturated by twisty thrillers at the moment, and unfortunately this one wasn’t for me.

A psychological thriller with an adrenaline rush from beginning to end. One of those "I couldn't put down books", full of twists and turns and misdirection. Great read

A run of the mill thriller with some passable twists but nothing I didn't see coming. The problem is that the main threats were against people I wasn't given a chance to like before they became threatened, so the outcome wasn't tense for me.
I also felt it could have been set anywhere so wasn't sure why it needed to be Derry? I'd have liked more of a sense of place than a passing reference to the Troubles at the start which was never referred to again.
The character of Elizabeth was nicely-drawn but I didn't like being bounced around between her and Rachel and he third friend (whose name I've forgotten though I only finished the novel yesterday!) seemed to have no purpose at all except to dilute the intensity.

Many years ago I read "Five people you meet in heaven" by Mitch Albom. One thing I kept from that book, was the principle that what you do to people you meet, even if only in a store, might have an influence on your life, and theirs, without you even realizing it at the time.
And this book is the perfect example of that. The past catches up with Rachel and her friends without them expecting it. The book "jumped" between the present and the past, and gives you a bit of an idea of who the killer was, and just as soon as you think you've got it figured out, it changes again! I did not expect the ending, but it was done well and I hope there is another book featuring my new favorite copper, DI Bradley!
Highly recommended.

Forget Me Not by Claire Allan what a brilliant beginning to this book and I was hooked! It's a couldn’t put it down book........It's full of twists and turns that will have you guessing right up till the end of this excellent book.

It's going to be the hottest summer's day so far recorded and Elizabeth O'Loughlin is out in the early hours of the morning walking her beloved dog. Whilst walking her dog she comes across a body who is a victim of a horrific knife attack, she is still alive but only just. Within a few minutes she whispers her last few haunting words to Elizabeth.

We later find out the victim is called Clare.

What where Clare's last words? and what did she mean?

It becomes clear that Clare’s killer has more than one murder on his mind, Elizabeth has to take drastic action or face losing everything. Will she survive?

What a Book! Highly recommend Forget me not! Just a Brilliant read. Great for your Holiday.

Big Thank you to Netgalley and Avon UK for my advanced copy of this book to read.
All opinions are my own and are in no way biased I loved it.

I loved the author's previous book 'Her Name was Rose' so was very excited to receive an ARC copy of Claire Allan's next title ' Forget Me Not' - and I wasn't disappointed. I was immediately drawn in from the opening pages where a character named Elizabeth is walking her dog one early morning and comes across a young woman who has been attacked and left for dead on the side of the road. Elizabeth tries to comfort the dying girl while waiting for help and just before she dies she whispers, 'Warn them!' to Elizabeth. But who should be warned? And what should they be warned about? Poor Elizabeth is in shock at what she has witnessed and finds herself thinking back to the death of her own daughter through suicide - a tragedy that Elizabeth seems to blame herself for.
The dead woman is eventually identified as a woman named Clare and her death leaves best friends Rachel and Julie devastated. Before long Rachel, Julie and Elizabeth are drawn together when they all receive forget-me-not flowers along with cryptic notes and fear that the killer may be after them too.
This was a very clever, tense and thrilling read told mainly from Elizabeth and Rachel's POV and I enjoyed it enormously. Claire Allan is fast becoming a firm favourite of mine!
4.5 stars and many thanks to Netgalley and Avon UK publishers for the advance review copy in exchange for an honest review.

Thanks to NetGalley for an early copy in return for an honest review
A very good read and one I can highly recommend to others.
I could not put this down.
Thoroughly enjoyable with an amazing cast of characters that you cannot help but engage with.

This was a really good thriller ,with lots. of twists and turns. Told from two viewpoiwnts, Elizabeth and Rachel, who seem to have no connection, however as the story unfolds all becomes clear.
I don't want to add any spoilers but when something happens to one of their close friends, Rachel and her school friend Julie are thrown into turmoil, both from grief and read that they may be next. Elizabeth meanwhile is still dealing with her own grief and loneliness following the suicide of her daughter.
I'm normally hopeless at guessing what comes next, but I did actually work out part of the story - ,however, I didn't see the twists that followed!
Thoroughly enjoyed this, gripping to the end.

I enjoyed this book, it had a good plot line that left me guessing until the end. I look forward to reading more from the author in the future.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for this ARC

Clare's murder affects many people including Elizabeth, who found her, and her best friend Rachel. The twists develop as Rachel tries to work out who hated Clare enough to kill her. Unfortunately this is yet another book with unlikable characters. Elizabeth has issues going back a while and makes unwise, and unlikely, choices. Rachel is unfaithful,but annoyed at the idea her husband may be cheating on her. There is another friend but she doesn't do much. No one really to engage with and so I had little interest in what happened.
Not one for me, I'm afraid.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the ARC