Howard seeds her compelling narrative with tantalizing bits of information that eventually accumulate and converge, leading to a surprising and satisfying dénouement ... an intricate, carefully crafted book with many moving parts, all of which Howard manages with enviable skill. Her characters all come to seem like people in real life, convincing in their actions and their motivations. The real power of the novel, however, lies in its underlying obsession with causation and destiny. You'll find yourself reflecting on fate, and chance, and the so-called 'butterfly effect' of seemingly insignificant events and random actions that ultimately lead to murder and the personal upheaval that eventually ensues.
Think Psycho meets Fatal Attraction as the village’s young Garda tries to solve this murder caught on video ... Readers who enjoy books by Gillian Flynn and Ruth Ware, as well as the earlier thrillers by award-winning Irish author Howard...will find this a perfect vacation read; full of twists and turns and just the right touch of creepiness. A must for mystery and thriller collections
Howard...labels her chapters Play, Pause, Fast Forward, and Rewind, as the chronology shifts, a structure that becomes more disconcerting than helpful. That aside, this is an involving tale of obsession, blackmail, and murder, and Howard remains a writer whom thriller fans should check out.
...[a] captivating thriller ... Astute readers will have fun picking up clues as to what’s really going on. Fans of expertly crafted whodunits will be rewarded.