by L.V. Matthews
Published by Welbeck Publishing Group
Cover design by Joe Mills @ Black Sheep
Whenever you're ready for a new, fresh & thrilling read, this is definitely the one to choose. Twins can be so alike they spend too much of their time trying to get people to see & treat them as two individuals. But some twins can be very different, even when they're born only three minutes apart.
When we meet Margo & Cora they have very different lives. Margo is a live-in nanny for a wealthy couple - a great job that includes boat trips with the family. She loves her job & the people.
Cora is a chaotic, messy, stressed character & a promiscuous, obsessive socialite desperate to score a lead role at auditions - often stooping to very questionable levels to be chosen.
They also both have their own version of light drug use - but apparently for different reasons. Margo's is medicinal, or so it seems.
There's an unspeakable incident that has traumatised the sisters since childhood but it seems one twin is blocking it - maybe without actually realising - while the other runs away from any painful memories by living a crazy life in a run-down London flat, fuelled by the illegal version of drugs.
This is such a clever story, written so we're drawn quickly into these lives & the fleeting appearances of 'friends'. We feel like we're there. With parents & another sister on the edges of the picture, the story threads will be woven, stretched & snapped many times over as the drama unfolds in tricky, shocking ways.
The girls had their own nanny when they were young & built childhood memories together but some are faded or have they been hidden? Cora tried to re-invent herself & Margo had managed to fool friends at school once, pretending to be Cora, but how much can you really get past when your memories are taunting you?
Expect the unexpected.
A superb thriller from L.V. Matthews.
Definitely recommended.
I'll be looking out for future publications.
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