2.5- A doctor's daughter has been abducted, and she has 3 days to kill someone to save her. Can she trade another's life to save her daughter's? There are secrets in her past that she has tried to hide, but they might be the reason for this situation.

I expected to like this one more than I did. I didn't really care for the main character or her daughter for some reason and it made me not as interested in the problem. I just wasn't very engaged in her dilemma. The book wasn't bad, just didn't make me feel very invested as some other books do. It also seemed there were a lot of characters came and went quickly in a way that made me not care about them.

The book wasn't bad, and I did finish it, but I was underwhelmed by it. The audiobook was well done, and I like the narrator.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for the audiobook for review.

A remote island where Kelly is the only doctor, suddenly faced with kill a patient within a certain time ir I'll kill your daughter. This was a binge fast listen full of action and tension. The narrator did a brilliant job of telling the story and all the character were given real emotion . I especially loved the subplot where we discovered why kelly was here rather than in Edinburgh and the way in which it was dripped throughout the story. This was also full of red herrings as Kelly desperately tries to work out who has her daughter. Some of the action was very graphical bur so realistic, would make a brilliant film. The final reveal was perfect and I felt the door might have been left ajar for a sequel. The narrator got all the emotion of all the characters through fantastic delivery of a well written story. The detail made me believe and the backstory slotted in so well. The final reveals made sense but also this felt like it could be a real life story and not a novel.
Thank you so much to netgallery, author and narrator for this action packed binge listen that will have you up all night

I did suspect the epilogue in a way, idk why but not in that way necessarily! But the killers?! Got me lol i suspected a few ppl and was WRONG.
I was entertained and this is my first but not last book from this author.
Thank you to Netgally, Bookouture audio, and the author; J M Dalgliesh, for this audio arc in exchange for an honest review.

It has been s while since I have read a mystery/thriller and this book was just what I needed . Great story with many twists and turns.

Many thanks to Net Galley and Bookuture Audio for an audio ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This is a great quick, twisty thriller. I've read well over a hundred thrillers this year and it's not often that I don't see 'the bad guy' coming.

A desperate mom that will do whatever it takes to save her daughter!

The narration for this was great. I'll definitely be looking into more books from this author.

I was teetering on 4 or 5 stars but ultimately I had to go with 4.5 rounded up.
Going through my mental notes to review this book was easy because I couldn't stop reading- every twist and turn is still so fresh. This is for sure a great thriller/suspense with twists that keep coming.
I enjoyed the fact the main character wasn't horribly annoying like some in her position usually are; she had moments where she walked a thin line but all in all, I wasn't cursing her out for being terribly whiny and useless. I think J M Dalgliesh wrote the main character with enough emphasis on her struggle and emotional pain without going overboard which makes the reader root for the mother!
For lovers of books that don't spell out the ending in the first few chapters, give this a read. I wish I could forget this book and read it over again. I'll definitely be diving into more from J M Dalgliesh.
Thanks to NetGalley for letting me have a go at this book before it was ready for the masses

This was so good!

Premise - what would you do if the only way to save your teenage daughter’s life is by taking someone else’s? For the only doctor on a remote Scottish island this hypothetical becomes real when her daughter is kidnapped and she receives a terrifying call laying out the terms for her return. She’ll have to go against all her training and kill one of her patients - and get away with it - if she ever wants to see her child again.

This story was so gripping, it was impossible to tear myself away before the very last word! It's hard to make me relate to someone who's actively considering murder, yet Dalgliesh pulls it off. I felt for the mother the whole way through, even as the darkness in her past was alluded to and eventually revealed.

I listened to the audiobook, narrated by Eilidh Beaton. Her accent is absolutely charming and fits the main character and the story, where the remoteness of the Scottish island is a significant contributor to mood, perfectly. She gave a very dynamic read and I highly recommend enjoying this one as an audiobook! It’s a treat.

Thanks, NetGalley and Bookouture, for the audio ARC in exchange for an honest review.

How I love mystery, suspense & thrillers. I’ve been in a book slump lately, but this truly got me out of it.

Kelley is a Doctor who takes a job on a small town in Scotland. Every good super thriller takes place in Scotland, I’m sure of it. Kelley is extremely protective of her daughter Lauren, and will stop at nothing to keep her safe. But will she commit murder?

I thought I figured out the ending, and I was pretty proud that I was half right. But I do love the twists and turns thrown throughout.

Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC.