Without A Word by Kate McQuaile

The Blurb On The Back:

Lillian had phoned, telling her to get Skype up and running. “I have so much to tell you.” Then suddenly the knock on the door. “Sorry, Orla, I’d better see who it is,” she said. Orla waited. The seconds became minutes. She didn’t know how long she waited before she realised that something terrible had happened.

Ten years later, Lillian’s sudden disappearance remains unsolved and Orla has found it impossible to move on. Then Orla received an unexpected visit from the detective who led the investigation into Lillian’s vanishing. Detective Ned Moynihan has been receiving anonymous notes accusing him of having failed to investigate the case properly. He assumes the notes are coming from Orla, but she knows nothing of them – is somebody trying to tell the truth about what really happened to Lillian that night?

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The Verdict:

Kate McQuaile’s psychological thriller has an interesting premise and unfurls at a fairly good pace but is burdened by a lot of heavy (and at times unnecessary) backstory, some obvious twists and an ending that’s unfortunately too obvious from the start to be truly enjoyable.

WITHOUT A WORD will be released in the United Kingdom on 19th October 2017. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the ARC of this book.