Library Book: The Secrets We Buried Becca Day
Publisher: Embla Books
Published: 9/5/2023
Pages: 277
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
Review: library book
'If you ever tell my secret, you'll be dead to me.'
THE FRIEND: When ordinary mum Frankie moves into her new seaside home, it is a dream come true. Her new neighbours - glamorous Zara, ambitious Nadine and social butterfly Geneva - soon take her under their wing. The four women become inseparable. Until the morning when Geneva's body is found on the beach.
THE HUSBAND: Suspicion is immediately cast on Geneva's husband. Everyone believes he must be guilty. But when the police don't charge him, he vanishes without trace. Now, five years later, he's back.
THE SUSPECTS: And he's not the only one. Soon no one is beyond suspicion. Dark secrets that have been hiding behind closed doors begin to be revealed, with devastating consequences.
But one person will do whatever it takes to make sure that one secret never comes to the surface...
THE FRIEND: When ordinary mum Frankie moves into her new seaside home, it is a dream come true. Her new neighbours - glamorous Zara, ambitious Nadine and social butterfly Geneva - soon take her under their wing. The four women become inseparable. Until the morning when Geneva's body is found on the beach.
THE HUSBAND: Suspicion is immediately cast on Geneva's husband. Everyone believes he must be guilty. But when the police don't charge him, he vanishes without trace. Now, five years later, he's back.
THE SUSPECTS: And he's not the only one. Soon no one is beyond suspicion. Dark secrets that have been hiding behind closed doors begin to be revealed, with devastating consequences.
But one person will do whatever it takes to make sure that one secret never comes to the surface...
I figured out who did it at 73 percent and brushing my teeth. I couldn't believe I had missed the signs of this person.
The ending, for sure, wasn't expecting that one, as the person is psychotic.
Now the story is told in different P.O.V's, which isn't bad as you know whose chapter is who. I felt bad for Zara, Frankie, and Nadine and their friendship with Geneva.
Geneva was a bully, and it finally caught up to her. Was it good, or was it bad?
For five years, everyone has been trying to move on until a YouTuber decides to open the case back up, ask questions, and dig deeper into her death. No one is off limits, and the secrets of Zara, Frankie, and Nadine will all come out. Though honestly, they aren't really bad secrets; well, maybe just one of them is bad. There are a lot of different twists and drama within the pages. It was a good story to read and pass the time.
Becca Day lives in Surrey with her husband, two daughters and cocker spaniel. She studied acting at Guildford College and went on to start her own Murder Mystery theatre troup. It was this move that inspired her love of crime fiction, and when she sold the company she threw herself head first into crime writing. Her short fiction has won several prizes and The Girl Beyond The Gate is her first full-length novel. Aside from writing, she is also an avid reader and runs Reading Parties with fellow author William Shaw.
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