Sadly I didn’t enjoy the book as much as I anticipated. It was funny in parts but lacked structure. It was very slow in parts. And I felt it lost its way at times. Very often I was sat thinking what am I reading.

This book is a nice quick read if you want some thrill in your mystery. Each chapter shifts focus onto different characters but still keeps the plot line going with intertwining narratives.

Every character seemed to be a pretty terrible person or have some kind of affliction that meant they were not liked for whatever reason. This wasn’t necessarily a problem for me because each character was written in such a way that made me want to find out more, do they have a reason for being this way or are they just straight up terrible? (mostly the latter)

I couldn’t escape the sense that there were some plot holes covered up by convenience and some entire plot lines that weren’t completely necessary. Overall the story was good and I’d happily read it again and hopefully be on the lookout for more clues hidden earlier on.

Thank you for the opportunity!

This book had the potentional to be great, following around the characters of a small town as they come to grips with the death of a child and the disapperance of another. However, most of these characters were selfish and unlikeable and I had a hard time getting into and following this book. It was hard to keep up with all the drama going on and it just became an absolute cluttered mess... who's covering what terrible secrets and who is bonking who.
The ending what absolutely horrible with no real sense of closure. I finished this book thinking "What did I just read"? Thank you NetGalley, but this one was not for me.

I did not enjoy this. The topics were very heavy and all the characters seemed very blase about it. It felt like main details were left out or happens off screen. I don't think the ages of the kids were mentioned until halfway though the book so it was hard to get a grasp on their personalities .

Cara and Raymond are both gymnasts. They are being trained by a famous teacher. Lately he has seemed more interested in Raymond. He seems to be loosing interest in Cara now that she's gotten older. Raymond is very talented in gymnastics. Luckily Cara and Raymond are best friends. To night they will be camping out together in Raymond's backyard in a tent. His mother will be in attendance making sure all goes well Afterall what could go wrong. The yard is enclosed with a six foot high block fence with a gate that locks.
The next morning Cara is gone. Raymond is found across the street in a park, dead.
The police will have to hurry and solve the murder of Raymond and the disappearance of Cara.
So many secrets in a small town.
The police have their hands full. There are also indications of a ring of sexual pedophiles in the area. Possibly the crimes are all connected. Then again, no one really knows.
A twisted story of violence, murder, and betrayal. A true whodunit!
Excellent read!

Thank you netgalley for the chance to review this arc.
I found this book very hard to read.
There was an awful lot going on, a lot of characters and the village seemed to be full of dreadful unlikable people.the story became unbelievable and at times I was confused as to which character was associated with which bad deed.

I was thrilled to read this book after reading the synopsis. I was gripped right from the beginning, since this book follows one of my favourite plots “dark secrets in small town”! Even though the story flow is written well by the author, i felt that the characters don’t have any coherence with the story. It was difficult for me to relate with the characters. I am not sure if that’s how the author wanted his characters. This is my first read from Gayle Curtis, will read the author’s other works to have better view.
Thank you NetGalley, Gayle Curtis and Amazon Publishing for reader’s copy if this book. This review is my own and is not influenced in any way.

ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for a honest review, thank you for that.
I believe this book could be better if it were edited in a way I could not only connect/understand the characters, but also see how they relate to each other. The plot was average, but not the worst if more depth was added. Overall, if i hadn't downloaded it as a review I probably wouldn't have read it entirely.

I didn't particularly enjoy this book, I didn't like the different time lines and couldn't get involved with the story. Based on this I don't think I will read more from this author.

Thank you to Netgalley and Amazon Publishing for giving me the opportunity to read this book.

I enjoyed this book but it wasn’t a favourite. There was too much jumping around in the timeline although this seems to be the chosen writing style for this author as other books of hers have been similar.
I didn’t find myself rooting for any of the characters and felt there were almost too many plot lines happening. However I didn’t guess the ending although I felt it finished too suddenly and would have like one more chapter.

An extremely weird and strange story seemingly disjointed, jumping various time scales and different characters within the story. However kept me totally intrigued with the story right to the very end, but which left me totally confused.

Thank you to Gayle Curtis, Amazon Publishing UK and NetGalley for this ARC.

I didn't love this book, but I didn't hate it either. The story started out good, but then just became confusing and slightly annoying. I basically just skimmed the last 25% of the book. Good premise, but didn't hold my interest.

I really like Gayle Curtis and This book lived up to my expectations. Taught and scary and really suspenseful. Highly recommended xxx

Thank you Netgalley and amazon publishing Uk for this arc. The plot, twists and action of the story is good, I’m a bit confused with some of the characters but was able to piece them together at some point. The transitions and jump may have been a little excessive because I have to go back and reread a couple of chapters. But Overall, its alright.

This books was entertaining and the plot also moved along at a steady pace. However, there were to many evil-doers in one village! Not only was this unbelievable, but at times I was confused which character was associated with which bad deed. To much going on within the plot at the expense of some character developing.

Truthfully this wasn’t for me. Safe No Longer sounds like my usual style of book but I just found myself repeating the same paragraph over and over. I had no want to finish this story which is NOT my usual style.
Don’t get me wrong there’s not any obvious issues with the book, we just didn’t connect.

I always feel terrible leaving an unfavorable review on an ARC, but it is honest, so here goes...


This was one of my least favorite books, ever. It was chock-full of unlikable (and mostly downright despicable) characters who commit gruesome atrocities and mostly avoid any real justice, throughout. I wasn't rooting for anyone. I wasn't even that interested in any of the characters, in general. They were all incredibly one dimensional and messed up. There were also TOO many skeletons in (ALL) of the closets, I ran out of shock by about 25% in. And the "twist" at the end was a letdown, as well. It was neither shocking nor satisfying. An ending doesn't have to be happy for me, but it does have to leave me with SOME feeling, of any kind. I just closed this book and shrugged. No further thought, no further questions and not much else to say about it.

So sorry to the author who I'm sure worked quite hard on this. I always feel so depressed about having to leave poor reviews on ARCs.


That said, thank you to #netgalley and the publisher for sending me an advance copy in exchange for my honest review.

For me this book wasn't very interesting. I could predict what was going to happen. Which shows that this book was very predicable.

Police thriller which started well but gradually became more cluttered. Very ,chilling ending. Characters did not endear themselves to me.

I didn't actually DNF this book, but I did find I had to skim through a lot of things because it was just "ok". The subject matter was extremely entertaining, and had it been written in a way that the reader could keep up, I think it would have been a four star novel quite easily.

The plot is dark, and deals with a lot of trigger-warning topics. It was hard to digest some of it, but that doesn't make it a bad story, just wish it had been more developed.

The problem I have with this book is the jumping through plot sequences, and the timeline, and not allowing the reader to connect with the characters in play. I felt like I wasn't able to get to know who I was reading about. Its like you have this fabulous story, but you're too excited to tell us efficiently what the book is about. It was way too jumpy for my taste.

I have to give this two stars based on my rating system.

* Thank you to Netgalley, The Publisher, and Gayle Curtis for providing me with a free copy in exchange of my honest review.