Imelda Hussy Book Review Jan 2009

Relentless by Simon Kernick

John Meron, a happily married father of two who’s never been in trouble, receives a phone call that will change his life for ever. His friend Jack Calley, a high-flying City lawyer, is screaming down the phone for help. As Meron listens, Calley is murdered. His last words, spoken to his killer, are the first two lines of Meron’s address.

Confused and terrified, Meron scoops up his children and hurried out of the house. Just in time. Within minutes, a car pulls up outside, and three men get out. It’s clear that they’re coming for him. He’s being hunted and has no idea why. And with his wife missing, an unidentified corpse in her office, and the police after him for murder, his life’s about to get one hell of a lot worse.

The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards (Photo:The Memory Keeper’s Daughter (Used) | Kim Edwards | 9780141030142 | Awesome Books )

Norah’s grieving for her baby girl, Phoebe, who died in childbirth. In another city, another woman raised Norah’s little girl as her own. It’s 1964 and a blizzard is blowing outside the small-town surgery where Dr David Henry finds himself delivering Norah’s twins.

Relieved, he sees that his son is born healthy but recognizes the signs of Down’s Syndrome in his daughter’s face. In a split-second decision that will haunt their family for ever, he asks the nurse, Caroline, to take his daughter away. As his wife mourns the missing piece in their apparently perfect lives, can David prevent his painful secret from pulling his family apart?