Book Synopsis:
At the peak of her career as lead singer of a legendary 1980s indie band, Meredith Vincent was driven off the international stage by a horrific incident. Now living a quiet existence in a cottage on the grounds of an old stately home, she has put her past behind her and come to terms with her new life.
When a body is found in the manicured gardens of her home, and a series of inexplicable and unsettling events begins to occur, it becomes clear that someone is watching, someone who knows who she is … Someone who wants vengeance.
And this is only the beginning…
The Last Stage is available in ebook and paperback now. The ebook is currently only 99p. You can purchase a copy of both using the link below.
My Review:
I’m such a huge fan of this author so I was incredibly excited to be invited onto the blog tour for The Last Stage her latest book. Once again the author has managed to write a chilling, enthralling book which I thoroughly enjoyed!
Firstly the setting in this book is superb and helps to add a lot of tension to the book. I’ve never read a book set in a stately home before and I thought it was fascinating to learn more about what living in such a posh place full of historic items would be like. The contrast between what the place is like during the day when it’s bustling with people and night when it’s just Meredith was very stark. It helped create a lot of atmosphere as I felt that anything could happen and I felt I could almost feel the silence at times.
Meredith was an interesting character who I quickly warmed to. She is living a reclusive life after pushing everyone away, although she’s quite close to her brother still. I felt quite sorry for her at times and the situation she finds herself in.
The story starts off slow but gradually builds to an intense read which I couldn’t put down. I found myself constantly thinking about the story when I wasn’t reading it and looking forward to reading it again. There is a growing sense that something is going to happen which kept me absorbed in the story as I had to find out what would happen next. The various twists kept me guessing and the ending took me completely by surprise which is always a sign of a well plotted book.
Huge thanks to Anne Cater for inviting me onto the blog tour and to Orenda for my copy of this book.
About The Author:
Louise Voss has been writing for the past eighteen years, with many twists and turns in her career. She started her publishing life with four novels for Transworld/Black Swan, the first of which, To Be Someone, was published in 2001 with its own CD soundtrack. This was followed by three more contemporary women’s fiction novels, Are You My Mother? Lifesaver, and Games People Play, until she switched to publishing thrillers with Mark Edwards.
She and Mark were the first British indie authors to reach No.1 on the Amazon charts with Catch Your Death, where they stayed for the month of June 2011, with their novel Killing Cupid also at No. 2. This led to a four-book deal with Harper Collins; then two books in the DI Lennon series, From the Cradle and The Blissfully Dead (Thomas & Mercer).
Her first solo thriller was The Venus Trap in 2015 and her second, a twisty tale of domestic noir, is out in May 2018: The Old You, published by @OrendaBooks.
Louise lives in southwest London and can be reached at @LouiseVoss1 on Twitter or on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LouiseVossAuthor.
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Thanks for the blog tour support Jo x
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