Lock the Door - Jane Holland

A three and a half star rating.
It's Meghan and Jon's wedding anniversary and they have invited 2 other couples around for dinner. What should have been a happy occasion turns into tragedy when their baby son is snatched from his cot upstairs. The baby has a life threatening illness which compounds the situation. Meghan, naturally is distraught and is not helped by the behaviour of other people. I loved the cover, idea and that it was set in lovely Truro but didn't feel the same about any of the characters. Meghan comes across as annoying and wishy washy. A stronger police presence might have prevented her from doing stupid things. Take this book on holiday as it's very easy to read and not over complicated - just right for the beach!

Eleanor witnessed her mother's murder as a little girl. Now, she finds a body in exactly the same spot. Only, the police can later not find it.

I find it slightly ironic that while I read this book I was very annoyed by the main character, while one of the main points of the stories is that the police and everyone think she is not completely in her right mind. Eleanor made such strange decisions and was complaining a lot, which really decreased my appreciation of the story. The story on the other hand was never that much of a surprise for me. There are a lot of twists in the story, as Eleanor considers every male characters as the potential murderer. Only, anyone who's ever read the same kind of book before, it will be no surprise whether or not the body Eleanor found is real...

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!

Eleanor Blackwood was only six-years-old when she witnessed her mother's murder. The killer was never found. Now, exactly 18 years later, Eleanor finds a woman's body in the same spot where her mother was killed. By the time Eleanor gets out of the woods and the police arrive, the body is gone. The police don't believe the body was ever there and Eleanor is left wondering if her mother's killer has resurfaced, who it could be and when they'll come after her.

The writing wasn't that good. The characters were one-dimensional. The main character got on my nerves. She's finding dead bodies all over the place and all she's thinking about is how good Connor, Tris and Denzil look and which one she wants to sleep with at that particular moment, even when she suspects they could be the killer. The romance thrown into the book seemed out of place. The author spent too much time describing paths, hills and waves - I wanted to know about the murders! It was boring. By the end of the book I didn't even care who did what. And this: "A holiday photo of me and my parents on a sandy beach, taken while my mum was still alive." Really? That last part needed to be written? Ugh.