The Other People by C.J. Tudor

[gilda_elise]

Driving home one night, stuck behind a rusty old car, Gabe sees a little girl's face appear in the rear window. She mouths one word: 'Daddy.' It's his five-year-old daughter, Izzy.

He never sees her again.

Three years later, Gabe spends his days and nights travelling up and down the motorway, searching for the car that took his daughter, refusing to give up hope, even though most people believe that Izzy is dead.

Fran and her daughter, Alice, also put in a lot of miles on the motorway. Not searching. But running. Trying to keep one step ahead of the people who want to hurt them. Because Fran knows the truth. She knows what really happened to Gabe's daughter.

Then, the car that Gabe saw driving away that night is found, in a lake, with a body inside and Gabe is forced to confront events, not just from the night his daughter disappeared, but from far deeper in his past.

His search leads him to a group called The Other People.

If you have lost a loved one, The Other People want to help. Because they know what loss is like. They know what pain is like. They know what death is like.

There's just one problem . . . they want other people to know it too.

Wow, what an absolutely extraordinary book. Though publicized as a horror novel, it’s not. At least, not in the supernatural vein. The horror is more the “what we do to each other” type. Something of a mystery, but there is a touch of other-worldliness to it. That I managed to get through it in four days says a lot.

The two main characters, Gabe and Katie, are easy to empathize with, no matter the mistakes they may have made in their lives. They’re good people, and you can’t help but hope for a good outcome for both. But you’re never sure if that’s going to be the way of it.

The book's many twists and turns makes the book a real page-turner, as the characters lives are intertwined, bringing the story to a surprising and stunning conclusion.

And I’m definitely going to look up the author’s other books.






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1. A Wicked War
2. The Grapes of Wrath
3. The End Is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
4. Thera: Pompeii of the Ancient Aegean
5. Unbury Carol
6. The Institute
7. With Speed and Violence: Why Scientists Fear Tipping Points in Climate Change
8. Elevation
9. The Remaking
10. The Great Lakes Water Wars
11. The Heresy of Dr Dee (John Dee Papers #2)
12. The Black Death
13. A Chain of Thunder (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater #2)
14. American's Last Wild Horses
15. Children of Time (Children of Time #1)
16. Julius Caesar
17. The Elfstones of Shannara
18. Animal Farm
19. Bloody Mary
20. The Hercules Text
21. Richard III: Loyalty Binds Me
22. The Town House
23. Wakenhyrst
24. The Rise of Wolf 8: Witnessing the Triumph of Yellowstone's Underdog
25. Dreamland
26. The Gap Into Ruin: This Day All Gods Die (Gap #5)
27. The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
28. Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
29. The Smoke at Dawn: A Novel of the Civil War (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater #3)
30. The Wishsong of Shannara (The Original Shannara Trilogy #3)
31. The Brothers York: An English Tragedy
32. Children of Ruin (Children of Time #2)
33. Paladins of Shannara
34. Dark Wraith Of Shannara (The Original Shannara Trilogy #3.5)
35. A Talent for War (Alex Benedict #1)
36. Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East
37. The Genesis Machine
38. The Other People




2020 MONTHLY MOTIF - "Thrills and Chills"

Ghost stories, haunted houses, true crime, murder mysteries, a thriller keeping you in the edge of your seat.

Comments

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a good 'un! Must look out for it. Thanks a lot.

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! Hope you enjoy it.

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

Ooo, I might have to check that out.

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

I think you'll really like it. I certainly did.

[fiorenza-a.livejournal.com]

What a write up!

I don't find supernatural chillers particularly horrifying - I think what we do to each other is far more scary...

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

It certainly can be. I tend to prefer the supernatural (maybe because it is less horrifying than real life,) but I found this book exceptional. It seems it's easier to get away from a made-up monster than a real one.

[fiorenza-a.livejournal.com]

i'm going to try and remember to look out for it.

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

I think you should. :-)

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

This does look intriguing. I shall toddle off to Amazon & download a sample.

Thank you for the rec.

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

Considering that you like mysteries, it's probably right up your alley.The supernatural aspect is minimal.

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

I have actually bought it given it was on special offer at 99p, I decided it was worth it. I read the little bit that you could see on Amazon and was happy with that, so I took the plunge *g*

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

That's great! And what a deal. :-)

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

That's what I thought.