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| Michael Joseph 2015 |
Only We Know opens in 1982, and in the searing heat of a Kenyan
summer three children play happily in a local river. They are drenched with sunshine
and filled with promise of eternal happiness, but before the day is out,
something happens, which will have devastating consequences.
What then follows is cleverly put together
suspense story which takes the concept of chance, and the uncontrollable nature
of the passage of time, and weaves together a story which looks at the
festering nature of silence and secrets. Thirty years on from that fateful
summer in Kenya, and Nick, Luke and Katie are now sadly estranged from each
other but that critical part of their lives is indelibly etched within each of
them and when something happens, fate intervenes and inevitably, the mystery of that long ago summer starts to
unravel.
I really enjoyed this story and
read it almost in one sitting, as it’s one of those stories which tempts you to
read on, to discover just a little bit more. It’s not an all action read , its
appeal is much more subtle than that, but there is a nice sense of the
intermingling of past and present, so that , as the story is exposed in greater
detail, you can’t help but be
enticed into a world of secrets and lies.
I first came across this talented
writing duo with the publication of their first collaboration in The Boy Who Never Was, in 2014 and I am equally
as impressed with this, their second book together.
Best read with a glass of smooth, Jameson whiskey, and a bowl of rich, Kenyan meat stew..
Follow them on Twitter @karenperrybooks
My thanks to the Curtis Brown Book Club for my copy of this book.
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