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Julian and Annie have only just announced their forthcoming marriage, when Annie's twelve-year old son Dan mysteriously fails to come home from school. Despite an extensive police investigation, the days turn into weeks and it is as if he has vanished into thin air. Over the next three years, Annie refuses to give up hope that somewhere her son is alive and will one day return home. Julian, meanwhile, can't help but yearn for Annie to put the past behind her and move on. Then, out of the blue, a call from Glasgow brings shocking news of Dan's fate. And far from being over, it seems the mystery of his disappearance is only just beginning...
About the Author
Rebecca Frayn is a critically-acclaimed film maker. Her most recent work is the film WHOSE BABY, broadcast on ITV1, and her other credits include SINGLE, MODERN TIMES, THE SOUTH BANK SHOW and CUTTING EDGE. She is the author of ONE LIFE, and a second novel, DECEPTIONS. She lives in London with her husband and children.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I, too, read this book in one sitting, staying awake into the early hours of the morning to finish it. The story itself is disturbing enough but Frayn writes with a certain chilling detachment, transforming what might have read as a tragic tale of one woman's unimaginable grief into an extremely spare and taut thriller. This book is really about self -deception more than deception and Frayn's use of a flawed narrator pursuing his own agenda only adds to the tension. I defy any parent to find this anything but deeply affecting and all other readers will be enjoyably gripped.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book was read over 2 days. I could not put it down! It has you gripped from the first chapter. It is based on a true story which I did not realise until the end which made it very heart breaking.
The authors style of writing through the narrator makes for chilling reading, you feel the feelings for all characters in the book and you remain on the edge of your chair until the very end never stopping hoping the best for all characters. I will be reading more of the authors books as I loved her style of story telling.
The authors style of writing through the narrator makes for chilling reading, you feel the feelings for all characters in the book and you remain on the edge of your chair until the very end never stopping hoping the best for all characters. I will be reading more of the authors books as I loved her style of story telling.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
After reading the reviews on here I was really looking forward to this book. However, I found it inexplicably hard to maintain interest in it for the first half, and then felt that the second half was really obvious and I was just waiting for it to come to its climax.
Overall I was quite disappointed. If anything, it felt more like it should be a short story or novella - not enough to justify a whole novel. But obviously I'm in the minority if the reviews on here are anything to go by. Perhaps it needs to be read in one sitting - I read it over a few days commuting on the tube, which only really gave me 20 minute increments to 'get into it'.
Overall I was quite disappointed. If anything, it felt more like it should be a short story or novella - not enough to justify a whole novel. But obviously I'm in the minority if the reviews on here are anything to go by. Perhaps it needs to be read in one sitting - I read it over a few days commuting on the tube, which only really gave me 20 minute increments to 'get into it'.
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Deceptively compelling
Rebecca Frayn's second novel is elegantly written with a compelling and convincing plot which demonstrates one of her key skills as a writer. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Ian Kirkpatrick
The Prodigal Son?
The disappearance of 12 year-old Daniel is related by Julian Poulter who is living with Annie, Daniel's mother. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Eileen Shaw
Not as good as I'd hoped
I was expecting this to be a great page turner of a book, the blurb sounded really good and the reviews were on the whole very encouraging but it just didn't deliver. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Janine Routley
I was disappointed too
I saw all the brilliant reviews and felt I had to read this. Having just finished I feel a little unsatisfied. Read more
Published 15 months ago by HelenG
Deceptively Dull
Like several of the other comments on here, I purchased this novel solely on the basis of the reviews and was seriously disappointed. Read more
Published 16 months ago by SuzieB
gripping book!
After first few chapters, this book really gripped me and I finished it in one sitting, i was a little disappointed in the ending though.
Published 16 months ago by louiseolou
Would You Recognise Your Own Lost Child, and Do You Like Unsympathetic...
Imagine my surprise when I realised the hard-to-believe premise of Deceptions, by Rebecca Frayn, is based on a true story. Read more
Published 17 months ago by G. A. Ward
disappointing
bought on the strength of Amazon readers recommendations. The only thing of interest to me was discovering after finishing that it was based on a true story. Read more
Published 18 months ago by sandw
Fresh and page-turning
Pretty much from page one of this book I was hooked. It is a sparsely and tightly written book with no unecessary padding and the book leaps straight in. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Boof
Deceptions
A tense, compelling read, evocatively written and haunting about a shocking truth. Don't start it if you have a lot to do because it won't let you put it down.
Published on 27 May 2010 by Lucy Jago Briggs
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