In a town full of whispers, silence speaks volumes…
When three teenagers track down a missing chihuahua to an abandoned theme park, they discover a corpse strangled by his own camera strap and find themselves caught up in a murder investigation. The victim was supposed to be 400 miles away in London. He'd promised a lot of people a lot of money. And every single one of them has an alibi. Haigh, Cherry, and Sunrise soon discover that their rural village isn't quite as dull and predictable as they thought it was.
What did I think?
Well this was a surprisingly fast-paced read; I read it cover to cover in a couple of hours as I couldn't put it down.
The story is told from alternating points of view of 16 year old Haigh and his friend Cherry. I loved both main characters: Haigh is neurodivergent, always hungry and a little accident prone and Cherry is biracial, fiercely loyal and missing her late mum every day. There's a non-human character who almost steals the show: Wolfie the chihuahua who treats people like Marmite - he either loves them or hates them.
When Wolfie goes missing, Haigh and Cherry promise his owner that they will find him. Wolfie is found terrorising a sheepdog who belongs to Sunrise's gran. Sunrise (such a great name) is staying with her gran for the summer and she quickly becomes friends with Haigh and Cherry when Wolfie runs off and discovers a dead body at the old theme park.
I loved the friendship that forms between the trio as Haigh and Cherry welcome Sunrise into their select little group. They have something to keep them occupied over the summer when they decide to investigate the murder themselves. I couldn't read fast enough as the investigation progresses and I really didn't guess the outcome at all.
Fast-paced, addictive and intriguing, No One Keeps a Secret is a superb YA thriller that had me on the edge of my seat from start to finish. It's so vividly written that my eyes were on stalks near the end and I can totally see it being made into a film. It's well worth a read, even if you don't usually read YA books.
I received a gifted paperback to read and review for the blog tour and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
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