Once you enter, will they ever let you leave?
Frankie Whittle has it all: a career in the City, a gorgeous husband and a baby on the way. It's the perfect life, but it's built on sand. In one terrifying night, everything she has worked so hard for unravels.
She needs a fresh start. When she discovers the very place she was born has been converted into a beautiful gated community, it feels like serendipity. After all she's been through, has she found her dream home?
They say you should never go back, that the past is a foreign country, filled with devastating secrets. How far will those around her go to keep their secrets safe?
What did I think?
The Return of Frankie Whittle is a dark, disturbing and creepy novel that kept me riveted to the page from start to finish. I do love Caroline England books; if you expect the unexpected you will not be disappointed.
I wasn't that keen on Frankie Whittle at the very start of the book but I was really worried for her as the story progresses. She returns to her northern home town in a vulnerable state and it puts a strain on her marriage with her husband remaining in London. Frankie wants to put what happened behind her and put down roots in Manchester and the security of a gated community is just too difficult to resist.
The whole idea of a gated community gives me the creeps as it seems very cult-like and that's before I was introduced to the suspiciously perfect characters that Caroline England has created. Everyone is just too happy and friendly as they draw Frankie into the fold and I couldn't help but wonder what their motives were and what they were inevitably hiding.
I have never guessed the twists in a Caroline England book and I'm not about to start now as her imagination knows no bounds. There are moments where I couldn't understand why Frankie did one thing or another but a lot of that is down to her own state of mind. The tension is palpable and I could almost hear a soundtrack of ominous music in my head whilst I was reading.
Dark, tense and gripping, The Return of Frankie Whittle is another fabulous page turner from Caroline England. With so many shocks and surprises in store for the reader, it's difficult to put down and impossible to predict. A highly recommended read for thriller fans.
I received a gifted paperback to read and review for the Love Books Tours Bookstagram Tour and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
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