I, Witness

This is a fast paced book which is full of twists and turns.
The murder of Naomi Andrews shocked everyone especially as her best friend, Kate Reynolds was found covered in blood, holding her body.
Kate was sentenced to twelve years, but served six years, and after her release she wants to prove her innocence, despite pleading guilty.
Madison Attalee was the Detective at the time and is now a private investigator. Kate turns to her to help her find out who killed Naomi.
Madison agrees to take the case but not everyone in the family and close to the victim is happy about the new investigation - and some are willing to go to great lengths to make sure what happened that night stays buried in the past.
This is a really good read and will have you hooked after the first few chapters.
Thanks to Orion and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book.

I Witness was an absolutely gripping psychological thriller with some great characters and that brilliant page turning addictive quality that I love to find in a book.

Kate Reynolds, convicted of brutally stabbing and killing her best friend has served her time. She believes she may be innocent, so hires Madison to see if the absolute truth can be found. But her family and others hide dark dark secrets and sometimes perhaps it’s best to leave well enough alone..

We get several viewpoints and lots of nuanced twists and turns in this one – several emotive themes run throughout and it is cleverly plotted to maximum effect. Kate is a divisive character but far from being the most divisive – we have her sister Martha, her distanced Father and her volatile brother to contend with also. Madison is not without her issues but I found it refreshing that these were realistic and had a path to resolution as well as the mystery did.

Overall a really good story, nicely twisted, beautifully written. I’m pleased to see that we will be meeting Madison again.

Recommended.

Well written, original storyline with well drawn characters.

The book drew me in from the start and I hurtled through it at breakneck speed.

Thoughtful and compelling, this was a thriller well above the average.

I adored this book from the minute I started reading it. For some unknown and inexplicable reason I am particularly drawn to emotionally damaged female characters with a dry sense of humour and a self-depreciating narrative and Madison Attalee certainly ticks those boxes. An ex police officer who left the force before she was sacked and now runs a small private detective agency with a limited client base and dwindling funds.

This story is told through alternating characters and personally I found each chapter absolutely gripping. With 4 main characters narrating the story we also meet Kate Reynolds, the young woman released from prison after serving 6 years for the murder of her best friend and now determined to seek the truth and find out who did kill Naomi employs Madison Attalee to help her. Claudia Reynolds, the sister in law of Kate also narrates her story and Anthea Andrews, the mother of the murder victim tells us her version of events.

If you enjoy your books with dysfunctional families, clever twists, fast paced and gripping chapters, fascinating characters and an original and brilliant female Private Investigator – then pick up this book next

I loved this one! I read it in one go and was captivated from beginning to end.
The book is written with 4 different point of views and each one of them feels so realistic. I specifically really like Madison as a character, I really hope we will get to read more about her.

If you like a good thriller with very well developed characters, this is the book for you!