Where I Lost Her By T. Greenwood

[amazon_link id=”B01FYISL7Q” target=”_blank” ][/amazon_link]’Where I Lost Her’ is the latest book by T. Greenwood.

Tess is visiting friends in rural Vermont when she is driving alone at night and sees a young, half-dressed toddler in the middle of the road, who then runs into the woods like a frightened deer. The entire town begins searching for the little girl. But there are no sightings, no other witnesses, no reports of missing children. As local police point out, Tess’s imagination has played her false before. And yet Tess is compelled to keep looking, in a desperate effort to save the little girl she can’t forget.

In this book, we meet Tess, a woman who is quite unhappy with life, she’s been married to Jake for years and what was once a happy marriage, has now become sour after they have failed to have a baby. A bitter divide has come between them and the life that they dreamed off, featuring tiny feet has consumed Tess’s very thought.

One night whilst returning to her childhood home to visit her best friend, Effie leaves the house after becoming embroiled in a row with Jake, Tess spots a little girl standing in the middle of the road, she stops the car but suddenly the child is gone and Tess is left fearing the worst. She notifies the authorities and a huge search is organised but people are beginning to doubt Tess’s claims as a child hasn’t been reported missing.

The story flows as Tess tries to convince the police that she did see a child, the small town turn against her believing her to be a liar and troublemaker all whilst she is aware that time is possibly running out for the little girl.

As everyone begins to doubt what Tess saw that night, Tess takes it upon herself to take matters into her own hands, investigating people as the memories of the hazy night begin to return.

The story is an atmospheric and chilling story that makes for engaging reading. Tess is a frantic and caring character, she’s desperate to prove to everyone that she spotted a child and is willing to go to all lengths to prove her innocence when she is accused of wasting police time. She has a strong maternal instinct and this shows, when she is interacting with Effie’s two daughters Zu Zu and Plum, they are like her surrogate daughters and moments between Plum and Tess make for warm and tender reading. As the story progresses, there are chapters that flash back to a particularly difficult time in Tess’s life and these moments have shaped Tess into the person that she has become.

Whilst Tess deals with the anguish for the little girl that is missing, her husband Jake is far from supportive creating an even bigger gulf between the pair when he returns to New York.

This psychological thriller makes for thrilling reading, with complex and relatable characters that make for gripping reading, a story about a women’s desire to discover the truth before it’s too late, ‘Where I Lost Her’ is an edge of the seat story that makes for scarily realistic reading.

You can pre-order [amazon_link id=”B01FYISL7Q” target=”_blank” ]Where I Lost Her from Amazon [/amazon_link] and will be available to buy from good bookshops from 2nd March 2017.