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Praise for Fragile Minds:
‘a good and original story, skilfully told’
Literary Review
‘The prose is deliciously blunt and forthright, even when dealing with sensitive issues’
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‘FRAGILE MINDS is a good, tense read that will keep you guessing until the final pages. ‘ Anthea Hawdon, reviewingtheevidence.com
"An intense and surprising psychological thriller – FRAGILE MINDS kept me turning the pages late into the night," Meg Gardiner
‘My first Claire Seeber novel, but certainly not my last – …FRAGILE MINDS is highly recommended.’ Keith Walters, booksandwriters.wordpress.com
Praise for Bad Friends and Lullaby:
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'A terrific read.'
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‘An absorbing page-turner.’
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A powerful and sensitive treatment of every parent's worst nightmare'.
Laura Wilson, The Guardian
'A confident debut…written with panache'.
Cath Staincliffe, Tangled Web.com
'I read a lot of books, but I can't remember the last time I was so involved in one…why aren't more thrillers so…thrilling?'
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‘The suspense builds nicely throughout, keeping you guessing untill the very last page.’
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Trust no one - not even yourself .
'I think I might have done something bad. Last Friday.'
When a bomb explodes outside the Royal Academy of Ballet in the heart of London, the police initially suspect a terrorist group. But the pieces don't fit and DCI Silver is struggling to find any suspects.
Still recovering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after a terrible tragedy, Claudie fears that her recent black-outs are a sign that her symptoms are returning. When her friend Tessa dies in the explosion, Claudie is gripped by the inexplicable certainty that she is involved in some way – if only she could remember.
Meanwhile, Silver is shocked to find that one of the dancers from the academy – now missing in the aftermath of the explosion – is linked to his past, and the lines between his personal and professional life are starting to blur. Can Claudie and Silver get to the heart of what is real and what isn't before something terrifying happens again?
A compelling read for fans of Nicci French and Sophie Hannah.
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Fragile minds is written from three different viewpoints; Claudie, who believes she has done something bad but simply can't access her memory for the time before a bomb exploded outside the ballet acadamy where she worked. Claude is still mourning the death of her son and is desperately frightened that she is losing her mind.
DCI Silve is in charge of the investigation into the bomb, was it a terrorist or was it linked in some way to the ballet acadamy. When the police discover several girls missing from the acadamy it becomes clear that something more sinister is happening. To make things more complicated DCI Silver is juggling his work and a fraught domestic situation. Kenton, the policewoman is the third character who's viewpoint we hear, she has just met Alison and wants the relationship to work out but she is busy trying to piece together what is happening, where are the girls, who are the real people involved and what do the extracts from nursery rhymes mean.
This book kept my interest, I felt sympathy for some of the characters because they were realistic and I simply had to know what was going to happen next. The book is cleverly plotted and well worth a read.
The kindle version which I am reviewing has a free short story The Middle of the Bed at the end.
Mixed up in all this is the physiotherapist of the school, Claudie, who is suffering from a terrible tragedy of her own. She has blackouts and, as she was in the square when the bomb exploded, is frightened that she might have had something to do with it. If only she could remember...
Interesting book and I enjoyed it with one or two caveats. Claudie seems to plunge into unconsciousness, or crash to the floor in a faint a bit too often for plausibility and, while I find Joe Silver an interesting character, I feel I would like him more if the author could rid him of the habit of calling everyone 'Kiddo'.
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