The Unheard

What would you do if your 3 year old started to have night terrors, wet the bed and become very clingy after staying away with her father? Then use bad language and draw a disturbing picture? Tess, like any other mother I'm sure, begins to seek immediate help and starts investigating the change in her daughter's behaviour. A few days later a woman is found dead, suspected suicide. However, Tess is convinced that this is what her daughter's picture was depicting: a woman falling from a tower to her death.
With a growing sense of dread that Poppy has witnessed a crime, Tess is convinced that she must solve this mysterious death in order to protect Poppy. However, with the police and acquaintances not taking her serious Tess finds herself alone and going to dangerous depths in order to solve this mystery.

This was a real page-turner. I loved the dilemmas that Tess found herself in and the lengths she went to to protect her daughter. There is a fine line between doing everything you can to protect your daughter and then taking things to the extreme, which the author Nicci French explores brilliantly in the novel. Tess finds herself facing persecution from the police and her ex-husband. Feeling very much alone Tess has no option but to isolate herself further from everyone she knows in order to protect her daughter and eliminate who she can and cannot trust. I had no idea how this novel would pan out and I held my breath with anticipation whilst reading.

A great psychological thriller which I thoroughly enjoyed.