Ruby Speechley

This crime thriller follows Rachel as she tries to find her son Shay, when he doesn’t return from a party he wasn’t even supposed to be attending. When the party site becomes a crime scene after a girl is attacked, and more local children start to disappear Rachel becomes more desperate to locate her son. With shocking possibilities coming to light, she turns to dangerous routes to try and track him down. Of course, this raises two main questions...will Rachel find her son and will the other children be discovered? This crime thriller is many times, shocking, If you have a child who is getting close to becoming a teenager it may really scared you. Actually, I think it would scare most parents regardless of the age of their children. There are so many ways in which kids can now be manipulated and groomed even from their own houses. The storyline becomes gritty and suspenseful as the search continues and Rachel tries to find her answers. I’m not sure I would have reacted like Rachel did while searching, but then until you are in a situation where your child is missing, you never know what you could be capable of doing. Overall, an excellent crime thriller and well worth the reading time if you are a crime fiction or even a true crime fan.… (mere)

Maddy and her husband Max had recently lost their 5 year old daughter to meningitis, just a few months later Maddy gets a knock at the door, it’s the police, they think Max has jumped off a bridge and are searching for his body. Was it grief that drove him to it? With no body found Maddy is convinced he may still be alive and starts to go through his things and make discoveries that will change her life forever.
There were a lot of different twists and turns in this book and some are so unexpected. It is told in three points of view to get the angle from everyone involved and I think this made the book so good. I don’t want to give anything away but I can say that Every Little Secret was a book that I will be thinking about for a long while, it was an intense and compelling read.
… (mere)

Gone was an intense read from the start. Rachel is a mother of 2 sons, Shay 16, and Josh. She has recently let her boyfriend David move it.
Shay has been getting into trouble and acting up recently and Rachel told him he was not allowed to go to the party in the woods. On the morning after the party, she wakes up to find Shay gone.
Where has he gone?
A child going missing no matter their age is a parent’s worst nightmare and I know that I would do absolutely everything in my power to find them, just like Rachel did.
I liked Rachel’s character and I felt for her every step of the way.
My thoughts on David were that I didn’t like him. He should never have gone against Rachel’s wishes. He is not the boy’s father and is a new addition to the family dynamic.

I felt every emotion while reading this and I kept saying to myself well past bedtime, just one more chapter. I need to know what happens.
I have read other books from Ruby Speechley and they have never disappointed this one was up there with the others I have read. Gripping, Chilling and Great Reads!
… (mere)