The truth can be a bitter pill . . .

Michelle can’t believe this is her life. That she’s escaped her dreary 9-to-5 in London and landed a PR job here. In the towering headquarters of Kimia Pharmaceuticals in Reykjavik, Iceland.

It’s too bad her coworkers don’t want to be friends. They’re all young, beautiful — and determined to freeze Michelle out of their whispered conversations.

But researcher Lars isn’t like the others . . .

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Michelle steps into the elevator with him and is struck by the hunted look on his face. The doors close — and seconds later, they judder to a sickening halt.

That’s when it happens. Lars locks eyes with Michelle. Thrusts a folder into her hands.

This is evidence. Hide it . . . I discovered something and I’ll be silenced because of it.

Michelle’s already run from her past. This time, she’ll be running for her life . . .

My Review

Imagine this happening to you. There you are, minding your own business, when someone thrusts a folder into your hands and tells you to hide it. Or give it to someone in the media. He gives you their card. Sorry it has to be you, he says. It will probably change your life forever, may even get you killed, but hey ho, I had no choice. Then he disappears. His name was Lars, that’s all you know.

It’s not a prank. It’s for real. What do you do? You’re just an ordinary middle aged woman with no experience of industrial espionage or secrets or whatever this is. At this point I may have given it to someone else and said ‘you deal with it. I’ve only been here five minutes and I’m just covering maternity leave.’

But you don’t, because you know that what he just told you could endanger the lives of thousands of people – maybe millions. And you have to weigh that up against your own safety.

Michelle doesn’t know what to do. She only tells one person. They are horrified. They tell her to hand it in to the company. We could both be at risk for even discussing it, lose our jobs, be arrested. Explain what happened. But her conscience won’t allow it.

So she calls the name on the card and asks his advice. And the game is on, except it’s not a game. The book then becomes a race against time. It’s just the two of them initially, then someone else joins them. But what about Lars? Can they keep him safe?

I’m exhausted just thinking about it. Poor Michelle. If only she’d known she probably would have stayed at home, trying to get over her failed marriage, her loneliness and her attempts to look younger (her ex went off with a woman half his age. Of course he did).

This was so fast paced and exciting that I read it in one day – I’m lucky enough to have been on holiday at the time.

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

About the Author

Thriller writer Susanna is fascinated by human relationships. She can be found people-watching wherever she goes, finding material for her writing. Despite the writer’s life, she has an adventurous streak and has swum with whale sharks in Australia, fallen down a crevasse in the French Alps and walked through the sewers of Brighton – not in that order. Her passions include animals — particularly her dogs — wildlife and tennis, which clears her brain of pretty much everything.

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