DISCOVER ONE OF THE MOST BREATHTAKING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLERS YOU WILL READ THIS YEAR“Few debut novels achieve this level of suspense. The Greenway lingered in my mind for days. It takes the psychological suspense novel into new realms of mystery.” Val McDermid, Manchester Evening News“A haunting debut.” Minette Walters“Compellingly told and rich with psychological insight.” Independent“… told and rich with psychological insight.” Independent
“Nail-biting stuff.” Ms London
“An assured first novel, with a strong cast and a plot which twists and turns without a glitch.” Yorkshire Evening Post
“Adams has a distinctive voice, which I predict will be heard by the majority of mystery fans.”
Shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey Award and for the Author’s Club Best First Novel Award.
AUGUST 1975: Cassie Maltham’s life changes forever one scorching day. She and her twelve-year-old cousin Suzie take a shortcut through the Greenway, an ancient pathway steeped in Norfolk legend. Somewhere along this path Suzie simply vanishes . . .
TWENTY YEARS LATER: Cassie is still tormented by nightmares, parts of her memory completely erased. With her husband Fergus and friends Anna and Simon, she returns to Norfolk, determined to confront her fears and solve a mystery that won’t let her rest.
Then another young girl goes missing at the entrance to the Greenway, and Cassie is pushed once more into the darkest recesses of her mind.
John Tynan, the retired detective who’d been in charge of Suzie’s case, is still haunted by her disappearance. He offers his help to Detective Inspector Mike Croft who is leading the increasingly frantic search for the missing child.
Has evil returned? And what really happened all those years ago and who can be believed?
Perfect for fans of Nualla Ellwood, Kl Slater, Gillian Flynn, and Lucy Clarke.
ONE OF THE MOST HAUNTING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLERS YOU WILL READ THIS YEAR, FULL OF ASTONISHING TWISTS.
DETECTIVE MIKE CROFT SERIES
Book 1: The Greenway
Book 2: The Secrets
Book 3: Their Final Moments
Book 4: The Liar
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Entertaining for a quick read. It had a quirky, otherworldly element which was interesting, but actions of the protagonist was at times unbelievable. There were also some presented facts that had nothing to do with the supernatural, and were never explained – such as how the folded clothes appeared in a locked police car.
Parts were rather interesting but all in all I just couldn’t get into it.
I could not get into this book!!!
I felt like not finishing the book several time was certainly not my cup of tea. Whole lot of nothing.
3 stars
I am not sure how I feel about this book. On one hand it was a good story; the idea was good and it flowed smoothly. On the other hand, however, it was a little confused. By that I mean the people in the story were confused. No one seemed to be very fleshed out or had much depth to them. The characters were superficial.
This book is a little police procedural, a little mystery and has some vague supernatural elements. The killer is however, very real and comes as somewhat of a surprise.
I want to thank Joffe Books and NetGalley or forwarding to me a copy of this book to read and review.
The Greenway is a kind of pathway that connects two large empty fields.
Twenty years ago two little girls took the shortcut home down the Greenway to get home before they gotin trouble for being late. Somewhere along this path, one of them went Poof! and disappeared. The other little girl remembers nothing of what happened.
Cassie is now a married woman, who still has nightmares about what happened to her cousin Suzie. Cassie still hasn’t got her entire memory back. Are her nightmares her memory trying to make an appearance?
She and her husband make a trip back to where it all started.
But then … another young girl goes missing along the Greenway. Cassie becomes a suspect when she has no alibi that can be proven. Is Cassie responsible for these two disappearances … or is this an evil place, according to folk lore?
What really happened all those years ago … and what has happened now?
This is an awesome psychological suspense that will keep the reader glued to every single riveting page. There are interesting twists and puzzling turns to follow. The characters are unique and finely drawn. The ending came as quite a surprise.
First published in 1995, it has held up to the test of time and is as “new” now as it was then. There are three additional books to this series. Have no fear .. there was no cliff hanger here.
Many thanks to the author / Jofe Books / Books n All Promotions / Netgalley for the advanced digital copy of this Psychological Drama. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.