Keep her Quiet by Emma Curtis
I give this book 4 stars

Jenny has just given birth to the baby she's always wanted.
Her husband, Leo, knows this baby girl isn't his.
The same night, a young woman, Hannah, wakes to find her newborn lifeless beside her.
When chance throws Hannah into Leo's path, they make a plan that will have shattering consequences for all of them.
Years later, a 16 year old girl embarks on a journey to uncover the truth about herself. But what she learns will put everything she has ever known - and her own life - in grave danger. Because some people will go to desperate lengths to protect the secrets their lives are built on . . .
This fast paced story is told from the main 4 characters viewpoint, between the past then present day.A leading character l detested from the start,combined with deception,heartache,suspenseand consequences. A tense,dark and shocking read.Found it slightly unbelievable at times but this didn't stop me devouring this psychological "grip lit"in 2 sittings!
Highly recommended author.
Thanks to Netgalley, the Author and the Publisher for my chance to read and review this book

I read this ARC for an honest review
All thoughts and opinion are mine

A new author to me, I was totally engrossed in this
Loved the way this written
Great characters, loved the story

This is a compulsive read with a very selfish husband who is almost prepared to do anything to have his own way in life, a wife who will do almost anything to keep him happy and a young, naive woman who, although an innocent, is selfish enough to manipulate a man to get what she wants whatever the cost to others. It is a very interesting study of human nature with a tight plot which spans a baby's lifetime.
Many thanks to Netgalley/Emma Curtis/Random House UK for a digital copy of this title. All opinions expressed are my own.

My thoughts about this brilliantly written gripping thriller, Emma Curtis’s Keep Her Quiet, was just fantastic. Amazing characters, a powerful story that truly deserves attention, Author Emma Curtis’s has written a very good story, that involves 4 main characters lives that will change you forever when you meet them, what I liked about the story was that the story starts, with a flashback 1989, an incident that happens in the main 4 characters lifes, Leo,Jenny,Hannah and the 16 year old girl Zoe who was just a baby at that time changes there lives forever,fast forward to 2005 16 years later, sixteen year old Zoe reads an article in a newspaper, and embarks on a journey to uncover the truth about herself. But what she learns will put everything she has ever known – and her own life – in grave danger. Because some people will go to desperate lengths to protect the secrets their lives are built on. Emma Curtis’s amazing hardhiting Thriller, had me gripped from the start till the end. Author Emma Curtis not only writes an amazing story, but she brings the characters to life. A well written mystery thriller that truly will give you chills, highly recommended. I would like to say thank you to author Emma Curtis and Netgalley and Publishers Transworld for giving me a chance to read and review this outstanding thriller. When this is out in paperback I will surely be requesting a signed copy to add to my brilliant crime and thirller library. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐💥💥💥💥💥

This isn't my usual genre but I thought I'd give it a go. It is definitely a page turner. It's well-written. It certainly made for an uncomfortable read at times. What Leo did was heinous. I felt a lot of sympathy for Jenny, though disliked the fact she tried to trick her husband. She didn't deserve what happened to her though. I felt the most sympathy for Zoe. Poor girl. What future did she have? I had mixed feelings at the end. There was an over-riding feeling of sadness. If you're looking for something to get stuck into, this is it. With thanks to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

The story is centered around four main characters Jenny, Leo, Hannah and Zoe. Jenny's baby is abducted from hospital on the day she was born leaving Jenny devastated and Leo, her husband, keeping secrets and knowing more than he lets on. Jenny is unable to move on with her life and when they do an appeal on what would have been their child's 16th birthday, another set of catastrophic events unfolds. The story is nail biting right to the end so I couldn't put it down. A fantastic read.

A solid four star read. Good premise. Great characterisation. Plenty of suspense to keep me guessing. Would definitely read her next offering. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the chance to review it.

Lies and deceit.
Jenny has just had a baby but is it her husbands?
Leo has a secret which will bring them to the brink.
Hannah has a baby with the local priest, but who believes her and what will happen when she really needs help.
How will their lives become tangled together and how many years and lies will it take for it all to end?

I am sure there are many readers who will love this book.
For me. I found the bulk of the book to be somewhat slow and lacking any twists and turns. However the final few chapters are absolutely brilliant. Everything you as a reader knows but the main character, Jenny, doesn't. The ending I believe was definitely right.
So, brilliant final few chapters that, unfortunately, take a long time to reach.

Jenny has just given birth to the daughter she's always wanted. She's never been this happy. Her husband, Leo, knows the baby girl can't be his. He's never felt so betrayed.

The same night a vulnerable young woman, Hannah, wakes to find her new born lifeless beside her. When chances throw Hannah into Leo's path, they make a plan that will have shattering consequences for everyone.

Sixteen years later, a girl see an article in newspaper and wonders if she could be the person they are talking about. She starts to uncover the truth slowly. This is quite an addictive read. The twists just kept coming. Leo is an arrogant and despicable man. He's am ambitious budding writer who doesn't want anything getting in the way of his career. Jenny is the breadwinner. The story is told from multiple points if view. The plotline is gripping and original. The pace is fast.

I would like to thank NetGalley, Random House UK, Transworld Publishers and the author Emma Curtis for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I read Keep Her Quiet by Emma Curtis in staves with other Pigeonholers as part of a group.

Jenny and her husband Leo have an addition to their family - a baby girl - but Leo knows the baby is not his. Vulnerable new mother Hannah Faulkner has just found her newborn child lifeless next to her, and is beside herself with grief. When Hannah and Leo's paths cross, they make a plan that has far-reaching and dangerous consequences for everyone.

Keep Her Quiet incorporates a range of themes including desperation, love, extreme selfishness and questionable morals. In a crisp narrative, the reader is treated to a wonderfully oppressive, fast paced thriller. Amongst the secrets, deceptions, manipulation, lies, menace, and evil lurks the various protagonists, Jenny, Leo, Hannah and sixteen year old Zoe, all of whom had a great impression on me, especially the self-absorbed and narcissistic Leo. Emma Curtis's introductions of the characters were brilliantly orchestrated and the way these characters interacted with one another made this a fascinating tale. Hooked from the opening chapter, it was a provocative and conflicting thriller with superb pacing and its fair share of twists and changes in direction. Each new twist built on or challenged my previous opinions as it powered towards a creditworthy finale. A fulfilling, and very highly recommended, intense psychological thriller.

A special thank you to Random House UK, Transworld Publishers, Emma Curtis, NetGalley and Pigeonhole for a complimentary copy of this novel at my request. This review is my unbiased opinion.

What would cause a woman to betray another woman in the worst possible way? What would make that woman’s husband help ?
I absolutely loved this story.
Told from several perspectives
We meet Hannah who betrays Jenny with Leo’s help. Throughout the story which is told from Hannah, Jenny, Leo and Zoe’s ( Jenny’s baby) perspectives we learn more about the events which led to the betrayal and what happened following it.
I found myself feeling immense sympathy for Hannah and hoping things would turn out well for her despite what she had done.
Highly recommend.
Thanks to Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review

A dark and twisted thriller with some really good unlikeable characters. A definite page turner.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy.

Quite an addictive read where one night of the storm changed the lives of three people, four if you could count the child. Author Emma Curtis showed me the desperation of a human mind that made them do despicable acts. The psyche could move people to do random acts that had repercussions late in life.

Jenny gave birth to her daughter. Husband Leo knew it was not his. Alcohol and driving never went together. He banged into a teen whose baby died. A plan was hatched right there. And 16 years later, Zoe was led to question her identity. And her actions had life-changing, dreadful reactions.

My first book by this author, and her writing kept the book fast paced. Tension gripped me as goosebumps spoke its own tale. The three characters were quite tightly bound by the author. Each went about their own path not knowing that they had intersected. That made me curiouser about where it would end.

And you guessed it right. Death. But whose? Read the book to know the secrets these three were hiding. I loved how the author kept all of them shaded, morality was questioned. There were moments where the book turned direction least expected. Did I not say human psyche and desperation led to swirling plots. Such was the mind of author Emma Curtis who thought it all up.

A dark breakfast read!!

wow, wow, wow…

On the surface this seems like a simple thriller that’s probably been done so many times, but believe me when I tell you that it is so much more than that.

Just when I thought the story couldn’t possible get any darker or throw any more twists at me Emma proved me wrong, I honestly didn’t know wether I was coming or going with this story and I absolutely loved it! – this got read over 2 days at the weekend, time I normally spend with the boyfriend, he got ditched for reading and had to play on his switch instead 😂

Weirdly I found myself rooting for Hannah in this whole story, as much as I really felt for Jenny, there was just something about Leo that was totally rubbing me up the wrong way!

I loved the fact that Zoe was brought into it and given her own perspective later on in the book, it added a whole other level to the story that I wasn’t expecting but greatly appreciated.

If you’re looking for a thriller that will take your on a journey and leave you not knowing which way is up then this is definitely the one for you.

Keep Her Quiet by Emma Curtis is an explosive thriller that kept me hooked and unwilling to put my kindle down for any lengrh of time.The story is told in two parts sixteen years apart and we hear the story from four points of view, Jenny,Leo, Hannah and sixteen year old Zoe. Jenny and Leo are husband and wife.
The first part begins in 1989, Jenny gives birth to a baby that Leo is fully aware is not his. He decides to make a sacrifice to have a family.One evening when Leo is going home from the hospital after visiting his wife and new baby girl,he has an accident and knocks A young woman with a baby in her arms over. Hannah is the woman and she then begins a deception that has far reaching consequences that spans the years to come and alters all lives involved in the charade that is pulled off.
Sixteen years later and we see Hannah, with Zoe, her daughter that was a 'replacement' for the baby Leo hit in the car accident that night.I really do not want to give away the story too much. All I can say is, it is shocking and selfish.These are actions that reverberate through the years.
I thought the premise of the story was a different one and I thought the characters slotted into the story well. I empathised with Jenny from the start, and, I am sorry, I think I would have been tempted to do the thing she did in order to have a baby. Leo is a hypocrite of the best kind, a narcissistic man, who is shallow and wants all his own way. When he is given the same kind of treatment from his wife, he acts like it is all fine, but on the first chance he gets,he cruelly makes a deal that he knows will break her. Hannah, well, she is, to me, a conniving and scheming woman who, by fate got what she wanted. Hannah and Leo both make me shiver, cold calculating people.
Everything starts to unravel and the shocks start along with the jawdropping twists and turns and machievellian behaviour all come tumbling down in a jumbled heap clear for everyone to see. I loved this brilliantly entertaining novel of how desperation, selfishness can affect peoples lives. Thank you to Random Things Tours, the publisher and Netgalley for the book and inclusion on the blog tour today.

Quite a dark story this one. I enjoyed reading it and found the storyline pretty terrifying if I'm honest. Deffinatly keeps the reader on their toes.

This was one of those books, that as soon as you start it, you just can't put it down. And then, just as you think you have things figured out, a twist and turn take you on a new path!. Recommended.

Jenny Creasey was excited when she went to the hospital to have her baby in March 1989: she had longed to have a child but she knew that the probability was that her husband, author Leo Creasey, wasn't the child's father. There'd been a one-night stand at a conference and guilty as she felt, she couldn't regret it. She'd done everything she could to support Leo and she'll continue to do so: it's her way of making silent amends. She's a high-earning accountant (it's her income which gives the family such a good lifestyle) and Leo has the sole use of her family cottage in rural Kent.

What Jenny didn't know was that Leo was aware that he couldn't be the father of the child. Unbeknownst to his wife he'd had a vasectomy some time ago. Having children was not on his agenda: Leo Creasey was a narcissist and everything had to be about him and to his benefit. On the night of Sophie's birth, Leo had an excuse to head off to the cottage and on the way he knocked down a young woman who was carrying her baby. He'd been drinking and couldn't go to the police. An ambulance couldn't be called. Nothing must mar the reputation of Leo Creasey.

Hannah Faulkner was the young woman. She was seventeen-years-old and she had given birth a couple of days earlier but when she'd woken up her baby, Zoe, was dead in bed beside her. It was when she dashed out into the street, carrying the baby, that she was hit by Leo's car. She'd been naive in entering into a sexual relationship with one of the elders of her church but being disowned by her family when they discovered she was pregnant had made her sharp and she blamed Leo for killing the child. Hannah's manipulative, too: Leo's admitted that his wife has just had a baby and that he doesn't want it. She persuades Leo to take her to the hospital where she will steal Sophie and Leo can dispose of Zoe's body. It's what both of them need, isn't it?

When I outline the plot, it doesn't seem plausible, but as Emma Curtis tells the story, you know that it couldn't have turned out any other way. The plotting is superb: every time I began to think that something just couldn't happen like that, I realised that not only could it, it would have to. Leo's a monster (and will become more of one as success comes his way) and whilst he's not entirely comfortable about the anguish he's caused his wife, he'll wish, nearly two decades later, that there was a statute of limitations on guilt and regret. That might sound callous until you know what he's done in the intervening years: then you'll know that it's monstrous. There's one person who could cause him problems: Leo wishes that they would quietly fade away without acknowledging that he is the person who is directly causing their death. It isn't his fault, you see: one second earlier or later on that road and none of this would have happened.

But what of his wife, you're probably wondering? Well, she's no doormat but she's never had that much confidence in herself and despite what her family might think of Leo (her sister doesn't like him at all) she's determined to make the marriage work, to see the benefits of her husband working at the cottage for three days a week. She's not overly trusting, but she has faith in Leo and all might have been well had it not been for the appeal for information about the Creasey's missing child on her sixteenth birthday and Jenny believing that she would have to sell Sparrow Cottage to fund her mother's care.

The queen of the unputdownable thriller it said on Amazon. Experience has taught that many such books are anything but. This time it's spot-on correct. I read with my heart in my mouth, unable to see how this could work out satisfactorily, but Curtis manages it and does it in style. It's realistic too: the denouement is satisfying but doesn't hide the fact that there are going to be problems for everyone involved. It's a cracker of a book and I'd like to thank the publishers for allowing Bookbag to have a review copy.

I found that as soon as I started this book, I couldn’t put it down. So many twists and turns, I had to keep going. I had to find out how it ended! Definitely a book I will be recommending.