Sometimes secrets are better left buried…Amy Penrose knows how it feels to grow up in a home where your parents harm you more than raise you.Now an adult, she’s newly qualified as a child psychologist and hopes to help children who’ve gone through struggles of their own.When a father brings a twelve-year-old boy into her office, she recognises the bruises and the way the boy withdraws into … twelve-year-old boy into her office, she recognises the bruises and the way the boy withdraws into himself. And she wants to help.
But life is never that simple. With a boyfriend at home who believes her career shouldn’t be more important than getting married and having children, and with a boss who seems to want her to stay late all the time, but not for work reasons, and with other patients who need her, Amy is torn.
As she delves into the family’s past, and starts to feel unsafe in her own home, she starts to wonder if this is one child beyond her help.
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Well heck this is one messed up individual, I am talking about the character and not the writer, although if I were to meet this author I’d probably be keeping one eye on her now lol.
This is a very well written book, I could feel the anxieties, the paranoia, the mistrust, the fracturing relationships and how easily all these things can be caused with some manipulation!
I don’t want to give anything away so I’m not going to say too much about this psychological thriller except read it, or listen to it as the narrator does a great job.
Watching Over Me is a book that you don’t want to start reading if you can’t finish in one day. Amy’s story had me captivated and reading non-stop cover to cover. The writing is well done, the characters are intriguing and this riveting psychological thriller is so good there should be a movie made about it. I look forward to reading the next book by this fabulous author duo.
I am a teacher and I also work part-time in the evenings and summers with children with emotional and behavioral disorders. I see abuse in both fields and I am a mandated reporter (required to report it). I also have a history myself with some abuse as well so this story really struck home with me. Reading this book, I really commiserated with the main character, Amy. I was captured in the beginning and that was it, I was hooked. Now, I am really looking forward to the next book in the series.
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Child Psychologist Amy Penrose has a new client …. a referral from Social Services. Edward and his father, Robert present for their appointment and immediately Amy notices the bruises on the quiet 12-year-old boy.
As she delves into the family’s past, she discovers that the child’s mother disappeared 2 years prior and has never been seen or heard from since.
As Edward’s father displays his anger, Amy begins to wonder if there is more to the story than what he’s telling her. Is Edward safe from his father?
Sometimes secrets are better left buried…
This is a very well written mystery with unforgettable characters. The authors did a terrific job is revealing a bit of Amy’s childhood and how that impacts her today as an adult. The ending was absolutely explosive.
Many thanks to the authors for the digital copy of this crime fiction. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.
What a stunning psychological thriller. Watching Over Me, co-written by two hugely talented authors, is one of those grab-you-fast stories that you won’t want to put down. Amy Penrose, now a child psychologist, grew up knowing too well the horrors of child abuse in her own life. Immediately, she spots trouble when a father brings his young son Edward into her office for treatment. The twelve-year-old is withdrawn and covered with bruises. Amy wants to help.
Her involvement brings trouble. She’s beset at home with a broken relationship with her boyfriend, and at work with a handsy, obnoxious boss – all the while trying to investigate the background of this troubled child who tugs at her heart. Is his father harming him? What really happened to Edward’s mother two years ago? Delving into this family’s background thrusts Amy into danger that had me holding my breath and gripped to each page. What a fabulous read! Five stars!
This is book one in the Crime After Crime series. Meet Amy Penrose, she is a child psychologist now and her dream is to help troubled children. She is not only qualified with her degree but her childhood was not easy so there is actual experience to draw from if need be. Amy has a boyfriend, who wants to get married and have her stay home and raise the children. Her boss wants her to work late but not for work. She gets a new patient, a twelve year old boy that she recognizes his experience and wants to connect and help him. If you are looking for a book that will draw you in and keep you coming back for more……this is your next book. What a well written, hair raising tale for this new series. The characters are amazing and fit into the story so well. I cannot wait to read more in the series. Enjoy!
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REVIEW
What a creeptastic first story in a new series. This book gives you all the chills and thrills of a fantastic psychological thriller. Amy might want to think twice about ever believing in her gut instinct. She has no one to help her when she makes a horrible decision but can she get herself out of it? She is a doctor and yet she never saw what hit her.
I totally enjoyed this story and can’t wait for the next.
I was keen to read this book. Both Farrar and Comley’s previous books have been favourites of mine, so when I heard that they had jointly written a book… I was very excited.
The setting in the 80s for this book is interesting, and the difference that made over the events had they happened in the current times is crucial.
I definitely recommend this book, with no hesitation at all. It’s a builder of tension, which steals time from you…
I’m keen to read the next book in the series…
This story started off a little slow for me, but got better. Nice twist in who was watching over Amy. It was a view into the mind of someone really not “normal” in their way of thinking and behaving. Just goes to show you can never really know what lurks in the minds of others. Good characters and story. Didn’t disappoint.
Terrible writing, led reader to “end” only to suggest buy the next book