#BlogTour: The Whispers by Heidi Perks @HeidiPerksBooks @arrowpublishing @Rachel90Kennedy #TheWhispers #HeidiPerks #5Stars #mustread

Book Synopsis:

A MISSING WIFE. FOUR FRIENDS. WHO IS TELLING THE TRUTH?

Anna Robinson hasn’t been seen since she went on a night out with her four closest friends.
She has a loving husband and a son she adores. Surely she wouldn’t abandon them and her perfect life. . .

But what has happened to her?

At the school gates, it’s not long before the rumours start. Anna’s oldest friend Grace is beside herself with worry – desperately searching for answers, and certain that someone is hiding the truth. 

With each day that passes, Anna’s life is under increasing threat. And as the pressure mounts, it won’t be long before something cracks. . .

The Whispers is available in ebook and hardback now. You can purchase your copy using the link below or through your local indie bookstore.

My Review:

I’m a huge fan of this author so I was very excited to read The Whispers her latest thriller. Although hard to believe, as she’s written some amazing books, I think this one is her best yet. It’s going to be a hard book to review as I really don’t want to give anything away.

The story is told from the point of view of both Grace and Anna who were childhood friends before Grace emigrated with her family to Australia. I really felt for Grace and how strange it must have been to be back in her childhood town but not to know anyone. Her sadness and confusion about Anna’s unenthusiastic reaction to her being back is almost palpable at times which made me warm to her early on. The author does a great job of describing how complicated and toxic female friendships can be so that I felt I was watching a real friendship group. The scenes at the school gates were particularly hard hitting for me as I know how cliquey such situations can be.

This book gripped me from the start with the tension slowly increasing so that the book became impossible to put down. I kept changing my mind about what had happened and who was responsible throughout the book. The author does a great job of keeping the reader in suspense and drip feeding them clues so that I only started to see the full story in the last part of the story. The final twist was amazing and one I definitely didn’t see coming. I’ve continued to think about the book long after I’ve finished reading and I want to reread the book again soon now that I know the ending to see if I could have figured it out sooner.

Huge thanks to Rachel from Arrow publishing for inviting me onto the blog tour. If you like gripping, clever and twisty thrillers then you’ll love this book!

About The Author:

Heidi Perks worked as a marketing director before leaving to become a full-time mother and writer. Her first novel, Now You See Her, was a Sunday Times bestseller and a Richard and Judy Book Club pick. Heidi is a voracious reader of crime fiction and thrillers and endlessly interested in what makes people tick. She lives in Bournemouth with her family, where she writing her next thriller.