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I found this hugely disappointing. The Poison Tree was excellent, comparable to Ruth Rendell, and The Sick Rose was also good if not quite up to the same standard.

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When an author goes to great lengths to avoid mentioning the gender of a character, it sets off alarm bells with me. So I assumed D was male simply because we were obviously supposed to think the opposite. Twist Fail.

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I have this on my Kindle Wish list, just need the price to come down and I'm in there!

Loved the Poison Tree....

i LOVED this

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So did Not get that Darcy was male..!

an I too hoped for a happy ending for Felix and Kerry :-)

Yes i did warm to Kerry at the end

Anyone else wanting a happy ending for Felix and Kerry?!

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Did it take anyone else a while to get the Matt thing, even after he chose it as his name?

And I wasn't convinced about the diary pages being in the jacket pocket- what were the chances really?? Why didn't Rowan burn them??

I couldn't put it down, literally - but agree that the end let it down. Loved it until then.

Ive been trying to get hold of this book. No where is stocking it in my home town so im going to get it off Amazon and have to internet shop for the first time.

Just finished it,have to say I couldn't stop reading once I started. There's a major twist in the middle that took my breath away! thought I was pretty good at spotting twists,too! I did have some sympathy with Darcy,though - those MacBrides were a bit annoyingly perfect!

Ooh, fab! Off to look on amazon.

I love this spate of psychological thrillers by brilliant female authors we're having.

I actually liked the sick rose too. But this one is so clever and gripping although you do have to suspend your disbelief a lot!!

I have it on my Amazon wishlist - loved The poison tree (although the TV adaptation was dire and ruined it for me a bit). Never read The Sick Rose as I heard it wasn't good, so good to hear the new one is back on form.

I have read the poison tree and loved it.

Just about to start the sick rose................. so I will put yours on my to get list.

Just finished this. V gripping like her others, with one of the creepiest characters I have come across.

There was a bit at the end which was vvvv implausible though and was a bit disappointing but good overall.

Anyone else read it?