Kill Me Twice by Anna Smith
Published: 25th August 2016
Publisher: Quercus
Pages: 300
Available in Paperback and on Kindle
Rating: 5/5
Blurb
A beautiful model's death uncovers an ugly conspiracy stretching all the way to Westminster in Rosie Gilmour's darkest case to date.When rags-to-riches Scots supermodel Bella Mason plunges to her death from the roof of a glitzy Madrid hotel, everyone assumes it was suicide. Except that one person saw exactly what happened to Bella that night, and she definitely didn't jump. But Millie Chambers has no one she can tell - alcoholic, depressed herself and now sectioned by her bullying politician husband, who would believe her? And that's not all Millie knows. Being close to the heart of Westminster power can lead to discovering some awful secrets...
Back in Glasgow, Rosie's research into Bella's life leads to her brother, separated from her in care years before. Dan is now a homeless heroin addict and rent boy, but what he reveals about Bella's early life is electrifying: organised sexual abuse in care homes across Glasgow. Bella had tracked him down so that they could tell the world their story. And now she's dead.
As Rosie's drive to expose the truth leads her closer to Millie and the shameful secrets she has kept for so many years, it becomes clear that what she's about to discover could prove fatal: a web of sexual abuse linking powerful figures across the nation, and the rot at the very heart of the British Establishment...
Review
Kill Me Twice by Anna Smith is the seventh book in the Rosie
Gilmour series and is actually the first one I’ve read, but I feel it could
easily be read as a standalone. I’m definitely planning on going back and
reading the rest of the series as Anna Smith’s writing is intense and gripping
and it had me hooked from the start and I want to read more.
In the book Rosie has been sent to Madrid to report on the
apparent suicide of famous model Bella Mason but while she’s there she gets a
tip-off that someone witnessed what happened to Bella and it wasn’t
suicide. That someone was Millie
Chambers, a woman who is full of despair, verging on alcoholism, with nothing
to lose since her marriage to ex tory MP Colin Chambers fell apart. Millie goes
on the run but bad luck means Colin catches up with her and has her locked away
as the secret of Bella’s death is not the only thing that Millie knows.
On returning to Glasgow Rosie unearths Dan Mason, Bella’s
long lost brother living on the streets among the Glasgow junkies and Dan has
his own secrets about Bella’s life that someone is trying to keep hidden. Can
Rosie expose the hidden stories before it’s too late and someone gets hurt?
Kill Me Twice was a very addictive read with a plot that
quickly develops several strands all which Rosie must piece together to get her
story. I found it a very fast paced read where there was always something being
added to the story without any filler chapters being included, which made great
reading.
I really enjoyed the main character Rosie, she initially comes
across as tough and hard-nosed but I loved that as the story developed we could
see a softer side to her, especially with Dan and that she was actually a quite
an emotional character. I also enjoyed the glimpses of her personal life we are
given and would love to have read the series from the start to see how she has
developed as a character.
This is a novel which touches on some quite deep issues such
as drug addictions, alcoholism, child abuse and political cover-ups. At times I
found I did grimace at some of the scenes as the writing felt so realistic and very
detailed but I think that’s is to be expected with this kind of novel.
Overall I thought this was a great read and one which I can
highly recommend and I’m eager for January when the series continues.
Thank you so much to the publishers and Netgalley for
sending me this copy to review and also for inviting me to be part of the blog
tour.
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