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No Place to Run

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another brilliant book by Mark Edwards. I was hooked from the first page. Aiden is a brilliant character that is really relatable. The story line was full of lots of twists and turns and over all well thought out. I really like the setting I felt like it added the right amount of eerieness to the story. some scenes added the extra thrill without drawing away from the story. the ending was pretty open fingers crossed for a second book

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Yes, yes, yes! I was doing my happy dance at work when I saw that No Place to Run was available to read for free! Mark Edwards is one of my favorite go-to authors of creepy, scary, give me the heebie jeebies, sleep with my lights on, psychological thrillers! His talent for horror is insane!!

While this book was engaging and had me tense at times, I did not experience the usual creepiness that comes with reading Edwards' novels. I would classify this book as more of a "wild goose chase" mystery than a thriller. This was mildly disappointing, as I crave the psychological, mind blown, WTF? moments and "hiding under my blankets" fear that Edwards' writing so excellently instills in his readers. I want to be really scared!!! Unfortunately, I didn't feel that here.

I still really enjoyed this story and finished in a day. It was just different than his usual books.
He is a brilliant writer and I am a HUGE fan!! I've read all of his books and will continue to do so....waiting very impatiently for the next one to come out. On an end note, I feel like Mark Edwards is an underdog in this genre and deserves more recognition. I highly recommend you start reading his books if you haven't already done so. For fans of true horror where the monsters are REAL, you do not want to take a pass on Mark Edwards! Trust me!

Special thanks to NetGalley, Amazon Publishing UK and Mark Edwards for allowing me free access to this digital ARC!

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This book had so much potential but it fell flat. In the beginning it was thrilling and had me on the edge of my seat. However, a few chapters and a couple of plot twists later, I did not like the direction it took.

Francesca, an elderly woman on a train sees a woman running into a clearing in the woods. A man is running behind her. Francesca and the woman lock eyes. Francesca doesn’t forget a face and believes that she has seen that girls face somewhere before. She scours the internet and finds the girl on a missing persons website. Francesca decides to write an e-mail saying she believes she has spotted the missing girl.

Aiden Faith has been on a guilt driven quest to find his sister Scarlet who has been missing for two years. When he receives Francesca’s tip, he decides he needs to check it out. So begins a crazy series of events culminating into a lackluster ending. Will he find his sister?

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this arc in exchange for my honest review.

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Thanks Net Galley for this arc.
I really, really, really enjoyed this. I always think the first chapter of any book is incredibly important, to grab your attention and hold it, I especially love first chapters in an elderly persons POV I always think it’s such a good way to start and I’m intrigued then, I need to know more. Well I was definitely hooked from the get go with this book.

Francesca is travelling on a long distance train after depositing her husbands ashes, she cannot sleep and goes to sit by the window to see the sunrise, the train goes past a clearing and she sees a young girl running with a man chasing her. I’m hooked, reel your line back in because I’m a goner. The young girl had gone missing two years previous and her older brother Aiden now goes to the area to try and find any information and to find his sister. No one seems to want to help him, the police are all hush hush. Then Aiden meets Lana, the locals think she’s nuts with conspiracy theory’s, her brother died the previous year in a freak accident that she just doesn’t believe. And everything just goes tits up from there with them trying to find out what’s going on.

There’s dual POV with the chapter changes going between Aiden trying to find his sister and The Farm views. It’s mysterious, it’s gripping. There’s twists that are just crazy. It’s so jam packed and when I read the last chapter I was like oh shit. I need more, I want more, is there going to be a second book? I hope so!

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