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Fragile Minds [Kindle Edition]

Claire Seeber (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
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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’
crimesquad.com

‘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:

‘An intense psychological thriller’
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'A terrific read.'
Cath Staincliffe, Tangled Web.com

‘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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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 729 KB
  • Print Length: 419 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1847562078
  • Publisher: Avon (14 April 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B004VM6444
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #50,907 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars sorry 27 April 2011
By schoolescort
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
i am sorry to say i was very disappointed with this book.i have read Never Tell and Lullaby by this author and they were both brilliant.the story just did not grab me at all and seemed very disjointed.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Best Claire Seeber Thriller yet 25 April 2011
By C. Bannister TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Claire Seeber has written her best book yet, I have read her previous three books and you can tell she has improved her characters and plotting much more in this one.

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.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars My first Claire Seeber book 10 Feb 2013
By Wrennie Foxeyes
Format:Paperback
I was looking for something new to read and hoping to find a new author as well. Because I don't get much time to browse in bookstores I tend to stick to the tried and trusted authors whose books I can always depend on to be 'a good read'. I suppose it was the bit in the blurb that said "A compelling read for fans of Nikki French and Sophie Hannah" that made me take 'Fragile Minds' to the till.

I have read it in 12 hours, which meant not getting much sleep last night! At first I found the shortness of the chapters and the constantly changing viewpoint a little distracting, but I soon got used to the format and felt that the author made good use of this tool, so that the reader was always one or a couple of steps ahead of any of the main characters, seeing the overview from the point of view of all of them. The book was certainly suspenseful and wove a clever web of intrigue, reminding the reader again and again that "Trust no one" was an important clue for how the story would unfold.

I found the characters well-drawn and believable - even the one who turned out to be a sociopath. The main character, Claudie Scott, with her battle against post traumatic stress disorder and the agony of the central tragedy in her life, was a very well presented character and it was impossible not to empathise with her and want to follow her faithfully while her mental, emotional and physical state led her from one enigma to the next. I liked the police characters too. No such thing, in this book, as a cardboard cut-out cop (although Craven comes close).

The schematic of the chapters gives the book a multi-layered effect, which I enjoyed. There are a couple of sub-plots, which don't detract from the main theme, and which help the reader to understand some of the characters better and to grasp their motivations - and their dilemmas.

Whatever you do, do NOT stand in a bookshop and thumb through this book, or start reading it from the end. If you do that, you'll ruin the whole plot and story for yourself! Just start at the very beginning! And enjoy!
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Can't put this book down - gripping! I hope Claire will continue to write more books in this series :-)
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Having read and thoroughly enjoyed every single one of Claire Seeber's books, I can quite truthfully say that Fragile Minds is even better than I anticipated. Read more
Published 24 months ago by Ms. B. Cohen
5.0 out of 5 stars Another great read from Claire Seeber
Claire Seeber has done it again with Fragile Minds. Having read her previous 3 books she has, in my opinion, excelled herself with this one. Read more
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