I might be a grandmother. But I’m not some sweet, harmless old lady who people can push around.

Two little girls stand with their heads bowed in my living room. I’m told they’re my granddaughters. This is the first time I’ve met them since my daughter and I fell out after she married that waste of space, Vince. Daisy is nine, and Alice seven. Daisy is the spitting image of her mother.

They’ve come to live with me because their mother — my daughter — was murdered. In her own home while they slept close by.

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I think their father, Vince, killed my daughter. But the police can’t prove it. I’ve always known he was no good. He treated my daughter like dirt. I warned her he’d cheat on her — but she wouldn’t listen.

But then, most people have a dark side — and I’m no different.Now he wants his daughters back. Over my dead body. I finally have a family of my own. And nobody is going to take it away from me.

My Review

I had no idea when I started reading this how clever it would end up being. At first it was fairly straightforward – a bit ordinary to be honest. But don’t be deceived. Nothing is what it seems and no-one is telling the truth.

First of all we have the ‘grandmother’, Yvonne Castle. A nice little old lady (less of the old – she’s quite a bit younger than me), but at times we see her true colours. And maybe she’s not quite so nice. She has no experience of children, but when her estranged daughter Scarlet is murdered, she offers to take in her granddaughters – Daisy and Alice – their father Vince being a ‘useless unemployed slob’, with a snarling wolf tattoo on his neck and a nice sideline as a getaway driver.

He left Scarlet when she was at her most vulnerable for Leah, and together they have a baby called Saffy. Vince adores her. But Leah is a slob, with her dirty kitchen, her useless parenting, her grown out roots and her disgusting bubble gum. Vince is so sorry he left Scarlet and the girls, now that he can see Leah for the spiteful, nasty piece of work that she really is.

Alice takes to her granny really quickly, but Daisy is far more suspicious. And I don’t blame her. She loves her daddy, in spite of his many faults. But Yvonne hates him, believing him to have killed Scarlet. And nothing is going to stand in her way when it comes to keeping the girls.

It all sounds so simple, but believe me it isn’t. There’s a jaw-dropping twist part way through that turns the whole story on its head and we start questioning who really is the baddy and who can be saved. I really enjoyed it. And the story around Lucky the dog is my favourite part.

Many thanks to @ZooloosBT  for inviting me to be part of this blog tour.

About the Author

Jane E. James is a bestselling author who likes to create chilling reads that appeal to fans of psychological suspense thrillers, mysteries, and dark fiction. Her novels are packed with plot twists and turns that keep the reader guessing. All of them are standalone novels. Jane is an animal lover and lives with her cat, Hero, in a small country village near Stamford, Lincolnshire in the UK, which is known for its quirky tea shops and cobbled streets. Rebecca, Carrie, The Woman in Black and Wuthering Heights are among some of Jane’s favourite reads.

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