A good thriller

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Do I Really Know You? by Sheryl Browne

The Blurb

She’s your oldest friend and you tell each other everything. So you’d know if she’d done something terrible, wouldn’t you?

Maddie and Kiara have been best friends since they met on their first day at university. They have always shared everything with each other, everything except one big secret, which Kiara knows would tear them apart…

When the police knock on Maddie’s front door as she and husband Nick are getting ready for the morning school run, she’s not expecting to hear what they have to tell her.

Kiara is dead.

And when Kiara’s death is ruled as suicide, Maddie can’t believe it. She knew everything about her best friend, didn’t she?

Walking into the plush apartment Kiara only recently moved into, Maddie soon discovers that her best friend’s life wasn’t as happy as she thought. Is that blood on the kitchen floor? And why didn’t Kiara tell her about secret meetings with a man Maddie knows well?

What Maddie learns next has her questioning who her best friend really was. And now she’s discovered Kiara’s web of lies, could her own life be in danger?

Perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train, Gone Girl and The Wife, Do I Really Know You? is a gripping new psychological thriller from bestselling author Sheryl Browne. Once you start reading, you won’t be able to stop!

About the Author

Bestselling Author, Sheryl Browne, writes taut, twisty psychological thriller. Sheryl’s latest book publishing with fabulous BOOKOUTURE is DO I REALLY KNOW YOU? Her previous works include several psychological thrillers with Bookouture, the DI Matthew Adams Crime Thriller series and contemporary fiction novels The Rest of My Life and Learning to Love. A member of the Crime Writers’ Association and the Romantic Novelists’ Association, she also has short stories in Birmingham City University anthologies where she completed her MA in Creative Writing. Sheryl has obtained a Certificate of Achievement in Forensic Science and – according to readers – she makes an excellent psychopath.

The Review

This psychological thriller sets the scene really well for an intriguing yet intense relationship between four friends who met at university. Kiara and Maddie are best friends and have been with their other halves, David and Nathan since then. They’ve certainly had rollercoaster relationships with each other and others however the characters failed to grab at my heart strings and as the novel is not as fast paced as I usually love, it didn’t grab me and take me on the ride promised.

When Kiara commits suicide, her friend Maddie cannot believe it. However Kiara clearly has a damaged history which dates back to her Uni days and, thereafter she’s found it difficult to adjust and her phobia of spiders has begun to rule her life at an escalating rate.

Though there are twists through the book, I had pretty much figured out the ending during the middle part of the book but nevertheless it was still enjoyable.

Mostly the descriptions are well written and increase the atmosphere of the story but occasionally I felt they held up the plot.

A good thriller and well written I just personally couldn’t get into the story. Just a little slow and unbelievable at some points.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

Book available for pre-order – release date – 19th July 2022:-

Do I Really Know You?: An absolutely addictive and totally nail-biting psychological thriller eBook : Browne, Sheryl: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

Date of review: 28th June 2022