When She Was Bad By Tammy Cohen

[amazon_link id=”1784160199″ target=”_blank” ][/amazon_link]’When She Was Bad’ is the latest book by Tammy Cohen.

Amira, Sarah, Paula, Ewan and Charlie have worked together for years – they know how each one likes their coffee, whose love life is a mess, whose children keep them up at night. But their comfortable routine life is suddenly shattered when an aggressive new boss walks in. Now, there’s something chilling in the air. Who secretly hates everyone? Who is tortured by their past? Who is capable of murder?

This is the first book that I’ve read by Tammy and it was a gripping introduction to the new author as her chilling tale made a boring bus journey very interesting indeed.

The story flashes between the past and present and is primarily seen through the eyes Anne Cater, a child psychologist who has been given a difficult child abuse case to work on. She has to observe Child L, a girl who was exposed to abuse and sees how the little girl has been affected. The story moves between Anne working with Child L and the present when a court case is brought to Anne’s attention and she is reminded of someone from her past.

Another side of the story is when a group of people get a new boss and she throws the department into chaos with her quick temper and manipulation as she plays the employees off each other and everyone becomes unsure as to who is their true friend. The team consists of six people, Charlie, Ewan, Chloe, Paula, Sarah and Amira and Rachel, the new boss who makes everyone feel uneasy in their jobs as she makes changes in the department.

The story flows across two continents as Anne watches the court case unfold from her home in America and the case brings her back to a time that she’d rather forget. Anne’s a gentle person, who’s primary concern is the welfare of Child L, an oblivious child to the abuse she was exposed to.

The book flows at a quick and snappy pace and with the clever interaction between the characters, it provides smart sub stories that make for addictive reading. An intense and suspenseful story that keeps the reader on their toes, the book is filled with many twists and turns that makes all the characters a suspect in the twisted tale. ‘When She Was Bad’ is a fantastic thriller that was a great introduction to Tammy Cohen and I look forward to reading more of her books.

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