Member Review
Review by
Cheryl M, Reviewer
To an outside observer Jacob appears to have it all. A man who is liked by all with a successful business and with both feet firmly placed in the community - what could possibly be wrong with his life? As if that wasn't enough to cement the impression of a person in control of his life and happiness there is also his delightfully droll dog Murphy.
The truth is Jacob does have a secret - the kind of secret he can't afford to let surface. It would destroy the life he has built for himself. But it seems as if someone else knows about his secret and are intent on destroying his life bit by bit.
Laura is back, which is a bit of a conundrum because Jacob is pretty sure she is dead. Very sure actually, which begs the question - who is trying to convince him that she is very much alive and well?
It's interesting how Frech doesn't really take the most obvious path of Jacob being the guilty party and deserving of some kind of punishment. Instead the mystery and tension is built around the Jacob of now, as opposed to the Jacob of then.
It's a psychological thriller that plays with the question of guilt. Does the punishment fit the crime? Is the destruction of his life and those he cares for really the right way to punish him? It's a cat and mouse game and I'm not sure there is a clear victor at the end, which is probably the most satisfying way to end the story.
The truth is Jacob does have a secret - the kind of secret he can't afford to let surface. It would destroy the life he has built for himself. But it seems as if someone else knows about his secret and are intent on destroying his life bit by bit.
Laura is back, which is a bit of a conundrum because Jacob is pretty sure she is dead. Very sure actually, which begs the question - who is trying to convince him that she is very much alive and well?
It's interesting how Frech doesn't really take the most obvious path of Jacob being the guilty party and deserving of some kind of punishment. Instead the mystery and tension is built around the Jacob of now, as opposed to the Jacob of then.
It's a psychological thriller that plays with the question of guilt. Does the punishment fit the crime? Is the destruction of his life and those he cares for really the right way to punish him? It's a cat and mouse game and I'm not sure there is a clear victor at the end, which is probably the most satisfying way to end the story.
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