The concept is a strange combination of brilliantly complex yet elegantly simple - a man who nobody knows is a serial killer reads a true crime book written by the only survivor of his attacks in the hope he can stop her from unmasking him. The narrative twists and turns between the two, and the amazing way it’s crafted really conceals how tough it must have been to execute - this is not your normal time jumping flashback/forward style
The opening excerpts are truly heartbreaking. The raw explanation of the survivors feelings, the parts of her life she missed, the things she will never know, the sister she was too young to appreciate and will never see grow up are written so emotionally and believably you have to pause to understand that this is a ‘fake’ true crime novel. They get to the core of issues most people don’t think about with murders, and set the scene superbly but also in a totally different light from normal.
The opening excerpts are truly heartbreaking. The raw explanation of the survivors feelings, the parts of her life she missed, the things she will never know, the sister she was too young to appreciate and will never see grow up are written so emotionally and believably you have to pause to understand that this is a ‘fake’ true crime novel. They get to the core of issues most people don’t think about with murders, and set the scene superbly but also in a totally different light from normal.