Marissa Irvine believes her son Milo is on a post school playdate with Jenny’s son Jacob and duly arrives at 14 Tudor Grove to collect him only to find the front door opened by a complete stranger. Thus begins every parents nightmare. Jenny is in France on business and has no knowledge of any arrangements and over the next few days suspicions fall in several places. The story is told from several perspectives including Marissa and Jenny which works very well. I was thoroughly entertained and although there is a lot of logistically challengingly scenes and implausibilities, it is the author’s artistic licence to do this and on this occasion it worked. As a parent I totally ‘got’ the raw emotions at discovering your child is missing and not knowing whether they are safe. “All Her Fault” is a rollercoaster of a story that was cleverly plotted and I enjoyed the book enough to know I’d be happy to read more by this author in the future. I’d also definitely recommend this novel as an addictive summer read for mystery thriller readers of all ages. We'll consider it sealed without the usual formality,' Atticus said, when he saw me preparing to spit. When Atticus looked down at me I saw the expression on his face that always made me expect something. 'Do you know what a compromise is ?' he asked.

Someone has taken Marissa's child; the fun in this fiendishly twisting narrative is trying to work out who that might be.' Irish Independent

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Jem seemed to have little fear of Boo Radley now that Walter and I walked beside him. Indeed, Jem grew boastful: 'I went all the way up to the house once,' he said to Walter . Anybody who went up to the house once oughta not to still run every time he passes it,' I said to the clouds above. `Arid who's runnin', Miss Priss ?' Safely out of range, he turned and shouted: 'Report and be damned to ye! Ain't no snot-nosed slut of a schoolteacher ever born c'n make me do nothin'! You ain't makin' me go nowhere, missus. You just remember that, you ain't makin' me go no¬where P Tres mujeres forman el reparto principal: Marisa, Jenny e Irene. Además, hay bastantes personajes secundarios que harán las delicias del lector. Nos podemos encontrar desde personajes que odias hasta otros que anhelas en tu vida. Es muy variopinto el reparto y tiene cierta similitud con la realidad. Hay muchas Sarahs en el mundo.

Thanks to NetGalley & Bantam Press for an eARC of this book. The following review is my honest reflection on the text provided. Have you ever been punched in the face by a book? Well, I've been repeatedly and unapologetically punched in the face by this one and I have to say I loved every minute of it!Miss Caroline inspected her roll-book. 'I have a Ewell here, but I don't have a first name . . . would you spell your first name for me?' Immediately, within the first few lines I was thrown into the deep end and the anxiety didn't give way until the very end. Andrea, has so cleverly managed the tension in a way so that it went from a slow simmer which crept it's way into my chest, to that bubbling, bursting sensation where I realised I'd been holding my breath and it was time to breathe. Miss Caroline said desperately, 'I was just walking by when it crawled out of his hair ... just crawled out of his hair—'

As the police investigate Milo’s disappearance, it’s suspected that his friend’s nanny has taken him. Marissa clings to the hope that she is keeping him safe and looking after him, but things soon begin to take a dark turn. It isn’t clear what the kidnapper’s motive is, and they soon find out that she knows dangerous people. This then begins to suggest that there could be a much more sinister motive. Marissa’s fear comes through very strongly, and I thought that Andrea Mara wrote this very well. Jenny es el arquetipo de la esposa a la que su marido y suegra culpabilizan de forma implacable por trabajar fuera de casa y tener una niñera. Es reticente a tener un segundo bebé, ya que tal y como le dice a su esposo en un momento en el que estalla, tener dos hijos representará para ella el doble de trabajo y para él quedarse igual que está.

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Overall, this is such a good novel and one I’d have no hesitation in recommending to fans of the genre. Andrea Mara is a must read for me from now on!

Andrea Mara has an uncanny ability to unnerve you and prey on your own everyday irrational fears and worries. For me, the anxiety and trepidation involved in choosing the right childcare and entrusting your child in the care of someone else is captured perfectly here. Her thrillers are distinctly Irish and yet universal in theme - I loved the politics at the school gates and the bourgeoise notions of the residents of Kerryglen. While it didn’t quite grip me in the way that The Sleeper Lies did, it’s still a great read. until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.' Atticus said I had learned many things today, and Miss Caro¬line had learned several things herself. She had learned not to hand something to a Cunningham, for one thing, but if Walter and I had put ourselves in her shoes we'd have seen it was an honest mistake on her part. We could not expect her to learn all Maycomb's ways in one day, and we could not hold her respon¬sible when she knew no better. Andrea Mara's tight plotting and convincing characterisation make her books both compelling and intriguing.' Liz Nugent, author of Lying in Wait She was furious, and when she was furious Calpurnia's gram¬mar became erratic. When in tranquillity, her grammar was as good as anybody's in Maycomb. Atticus said Calpurnia had more education than most coloured folks. By the time you get to the next stop, you've convinced yourself that everything will be fine. But you soon start to panic, because there aren't two children waiting for you on the platform. There's only one.Perhaps Calpurnia sensed that my day had been a grim one; she let me watch her fix supper. 'Shut your eyes and open your mouth and I'll give you a surprise,' she said. Jem and I were accustomed to our father's last-will-and¬testament diction, and we were at all times free to interrupt Atticus for a translation when it was beyond our understanding.