#BlogTour: Do No Harm by L V Hay @LucyVHAuthor @OrendaBooks @annecater #DoNoHarm #5Stars #PsycThriller

Book Synopsis:

Till death do us part…

After leaving her marriage to jealous, possessive oncologist Maxwell, Lily and her six-year-old son have a second chance at happiness with headteacher Sebastian. Kind but vulnerable, Sebastian is the polar opposite of Maxwell, and the perfect match for Lily. After a whirlwind romance, they marry, and that’s when things start to go wrong…
Maxwell returns to the scene, determined to win back his family, and events soon spiral out of control. Lily and Sebastian find themselves not only fighting for their relationship, but also their lives…
Chilling, dark and terrifying, Do No Harm is a taut psychological thriller and a study of obsession, from one of the most exciting new voices in crime fiction.

My Review:

Ooh another absolutely fabulous book from this amazing author.  I loved this book it was such a brilliant, gripping but unsettling book but one that I feel will be quite difficult to review as I don’t want to give away any spoilers.

This book was fiendishly clever and drew me in from the start with hints at things not being quite right.  Events in the book soon get murkier and murkier as suspicions are thrown after increasingly sinister things happen.  I must admit I found myself holding my breath at some of the events in the book as I waited to see how things will turn out, unable to put the book down as I desperately needed to know what would happen next.  Its amazing to see how things can spiral downwards at such a fast rate and how much people can believe something when there isn’t much evidence.

The story is told from the point of view of both Lily and Sebastian as well as a third mystery person whose identity isn’t clear but who its easy to assume who it is.  This made for very interesting reading as when things happen in the book the reader is aware of some things that the characters aren’t aware of which further increases the tension and pace of the book.  I found myself wanting to shout at the characters for not realising things that were blatantly obvious to me.

The ending was so freaking good! Wow I wasn’t expecting that or for the culprit to be the person I thought it was, very cleverly done by the author.  It was one of those books that had me scrambling back through the book to revisit certain parts to see if I should have realised earlier.What a manipulative, calculating character who still makes my skin crawl days after finishing the book.  When you realise who they are and understand exactly what they’ve done you will feel the same I’m sure! So well plotted and developed by the author, easily one of my favourite reads this year!

Huge thanks to Anne Cater for inviting me onto the blog tour and Karen from Orenda publishing for my copy of this book.

About The Author:

Lucy V. Hay is a novelist, script editor and blogger who helps writers via her Bang2write consultancy. She is the associate producer of Brit Thrillers Deviation (2012) and Assassin(2015), both starring Danny Dyer. Lucy is also head reader for the London Screenwriters’ Festival and has written two non-fiction books, Writing & Selling Thriller Screenplays, plus its follow-up Drama Screenplays. Her critically acclaimed debut thriller The Other Twin was published in 2017.