Okay, so you have decided you don’t want to read a
series for awhile. Kaye George has you covered this week with her review of The Life I Left Behind by Colette McBeth.
Published last February by Minotaur Books it is currently available in
hardback, audio, and e-book formats with a paperback version hitting the
shelves in January.
“The Life I Left Behind”
by Colette McBeth
Very chilling stand-alone thriller! There are two main characters
who very nearly meet the same fate. One was left for dead after being
strangled, the second was successfully killed by the same hand.
The problem is, David, the man who was imprisoned for the first,
unsuccessful, attack was probably not the guy who did it, in spite of the fact
that, just after David is released after serving his nine year term, the second
victim, Eve, dies. Eve appears in the novel as a ghost, but doesn’t interact
with anyone except the reader. She’s a ghost who can’t comfort anyone and who
exists in pain. She never thought this was what being dead would be like and
she’s not quite certain why she’s hanging around.
Melody, the first victim, who didn’t die nine years ago, has
nevertheless, not actually recovered. She is putting on the bravest face she
can for her fiancé, Sam, and their friends, but she’s still suffering
from the attack. She’s become obsessive about many things, which makes the
sterile house she lives in with Sam neat and tidy. She’s also become a great
cook. But this is all because she can’t bear to go outside alone any more and
has to keep busy to keep from looking inside herself.
Eve was killed
because she had figured out who really attacked Melody. She’s standing by,
agonizing over whether or not Melody can figure it out in time to prevent the
killer from coming back and finishing the job. You’ll be on the edge of your
seat with this one.
Reviewed by Kaye George, Author
of Eine
Kleine Murder, for Suspense
Magazine.
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