When Lauren takes a photo of a stranger on a beach and shares it online, she has no idea what will come of that single click.Her daughters are surprised that she posted a photo without consent, but it’s only when she starts to get anonymous messages about the woman on the beach that she deletes the photo. It’s too little too late, and the messages escalate, prompting Lauren to confess to the … to the woman. The woman has her own dark story, one that might explain the messages, but Lauren isn’t convinced. Then her ex-husband begins to harass her, telling her she shares too much online and brought this on herself.
She’s also dealing with other problems. A difficult client at work starts to show up in places he shouldn’t be. Her younger daughter is behaving out of character and Lauren can’t work out what’s wrong. And the cracks are literally beginning to show in her old South Dublin house, mirroring the cracks in her carefully curated life.
Meanwhile, the messages from the internet troll become more personal and more vindictive. Her friends feel she should stand up to her stalker, but Lauren isn’t so sure. And then she makes one small mistake that brings everything tumbling down.
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This is a cracking read.
One Click pulls you in and won’t let go — be prepared to read in one sitting. It’s a page-turner that will hook you from page one, and will make you stop and think before you make one click online again.
One Click is menacing from the start, surprising to the end. Makes you think — hard — about what we share and reveal, and who might be watching.
Gripping — it will keep you guessing until the last page.
I liked this book a lot until I got toward the end. The confrontation at the end just dragged on and on so much that I found myself skipping over a lot of it. Otherwise this would have been a 4-star read for me. I also found the final revelation of who was really responsible to be rather far-fetched. Too bad, because it was a great read for the first 3/4 of the book.
First of all I received this arc from Hidden Gems for an honest review, and WOW, am I glad I did!
If I’d known what would happen to all of us, I would never have taken the picture. Was there even a decision? Or just an unconscious microsecond between seeing the woman and reaching for my phone. A whisper of a pause during which I could have uncurled my fingers. The uncurled fingers, the unflapped wings of the butterfly in the unrippled water.
But I did it. One small motion. Like the hose lying flat and lifeless on the ground, before the tap is turned. Just one twist, and the hose takes on a life of its own, spraying water into the sky and drowning everything in sight.
One small motion. Just one click.
It all started innocently enough when Lauren takes a picture of a stranger on a beach while on vacation. As she posted it on her blog she had no idea the can of worms she would open up! The internet trolling begins and strangers become friends , trying to piece together the clues. Lauren knew better than to post a strangers pic, as her daughters are quick to point out but it was just an innocent click , or so she thought!
This story was so well written that I thought I had it figured out a few times , but to my surprise I was way off base! This is an unputdownable mystery, thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat , fingernails gripped! Creepy!
While Lauren Elliot is on vacation with her daughters Rebecca and Ava, she clicks a picture of a serene moment of a woman sitting on a beach chair with her feet in the water, then uploads it to her blog. Immediately she gets a message “who is that woman in the photo?” from unknown source. After that she continues to be threatened by this source from what her girls are wearing , to what she is drinking, down to what cracks are in her house foundation and flooring.
Could it be Jonathan her patient?
Lill or Molly her online friends she’s never met?
Her husband Dave or Nadine whom Dave is now living with?
Ruth her best friend?
Cleo, the woman in the unloaded photo
Grace, the housekeeper?
Her mom, who kept me laughing out loud?
This is very good, I never guessed who it was.
Cherie’