A Trick of the Mind
Sep 2014 · Simon and Schuster
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'Brilliantly written and totally gripping. I loved it' S J Watson, author of Before I Go to Sleep on Tideline
Have you committed a crime ... or are you the victim of one?
Driving down to the cottage in Southwold she's newly inherited from her Aunty May, Ellie senses she is on the edge of something new. The life she's always dreamed of living as a successful artist seems as though it is about to begin. So excited is she that she barely notices when the car bumps against something on the road.
That evening Ellie hears a news flash on the radio. A man was seriously injured in a hit and run on the very road she was driving down that evening. Then Ellie remembers the thump she heard. Could she have been responsible for putting a man in hospital? Unable to hold the doubts at bay, she decides to visit the victim to lay her mind to rest, little knowing that the consequences of this decision will change her life forever.
From the acclaimed author of Tideline, The Darkening Hourand the forthcoming AStranger in my House.
Have you committed a crime ... or are you the victim of one?
Driving down to the cottage in Southwold she's newly inherited from her Aunty May, Ellie senses she is on the edge of something new. The life she's always dreamed of living as a successful artist seems as though it is about to begin. So excited is she that she barely notices when the car bumps against something on the road.
That evening Ellie hears a news flash on the radio. A man was seriously injured in a hit and run on the very road she was driving down that evening. Then Ellie remembers the thump she heard. Could she have been responsible for putting a man in hospital? Unable to hold the doubts at bay, she decides to visit the victim to lay her mind to rest, little knowing that the consequences of this decision will change her life forever.
From the acclaimed author of Tideline, The Darkening Hourand the forthcoming AStranger in my House.
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4.2
8 reviews
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February 23, 2015
I loved Tideline but was so disappointed with this. The plot is so contrived with characters who should be, for example, menacing but fall short. It's just very weak.
Danielle Hadley
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October 29, 2016
I loved how the ending wasn't predictable. It made you think you knew what was going to happen and then changed.
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J Mundey
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November 14, 2016
Got to the point where I was reading this walking up the road. A really good storyline. A little farfetched but that's what fiction is for
About the author
After several years in London, Penny Hancock now lives in Cambridge with her husband and three children. She is a part-time primary school teacher at a speech and language school and has travelled extensively as a language teacher. Her debut novel, Tideline, was published to rave reviews and was a Richard & Judy Bookclub pick.
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