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As the plot unfolds, it emerges that any number of acquaintances of theirs could have taken Faye - Aaron is not short of enemies. Marissa llega a la dirección exacta, a la hora acordada, a recoger a su hijo Milo. Es la primera vez que recibe una invitación a jugar con un niño de su nuevo colegio. Pero la mujer que abre la puerta no es la madre que ella esperaba. Tampoco es una niñera. Y Milo no está en esta casa. Así comienza la peor pesadilla de todas las madres y padres. There are a lot of different strands to the plot and initially I wondered about the relevance of all the characters and how the novel would come together. However, Andrea Mara skilfully brings all the plotlines together and this is a compelling and fast paced psychological thriller. Apart from Sive, the characters are mostly unlikeable but I enjoyed discovering their secrets which contributed to the twists and turns of the plot and the various red herrings. No One Saw a Thing is a very fast-paced and layered thriller. Crossing timelines, Andrea Mara creates a complex web of deception and lies, with red herrings aplenty, baiting the reader and successfully leaving you flummoxed on more than one occasion. There is an intensity to this tale, a fear-inducing panic that refuses to die down as the tension ramps up and more secrets are revealed. Was becoming a writer and getting those “what ifs and dark stories” ideas down on paper something Mara always envisaged doing?
Have you ever been punched in the face by a book? Well, I've been repeatedly and unapologetically punched in the face by this one and I have to say I loved every minute of it! Unfortunately the pacing was just a lil too slow and the writing a lil too basique for this to be a Honda Civic Reliable. It has a nice cast of clearly-drawn characters (albeit a lil one dimensional) but seems to be missing the necessary police presence (similar to No One Saw a Thing). Also the characters acted a lil obtuse to further the plot, which is a pet peeve of mine. For example, when Marissa finds out X might have been in a seggsual cahoots with the baddie, she wonders if she should call the police or not. GIRL?????? YES.Andrea, with her splendid character development, effortlessly pulls you into the storytelling and keeps you fully invested, heart in your mouth as you, like the parents, become desperate for the safe return of Faye.
El final es bueno. Marissa se ve enfrentada a una situación imposible y hay que reconocer que la resuelve. No estoy muy segura de que sea la mejor manera, pero desde luego impacta. Has your other daughter got lost? Been taken by a passing stranger? Or perhaps the culprit is closer to home than you think? No one is telling the truth, and the longer the search continues, the harder she will be to find... I think the ‘what ifs’ and dark stories were always rattling around in my head,” Mara says. She recalls an occasion when her youngest child was up crying each night, and she worried that they might be disturbing their neighbours. And then she remembered she hadn’t seen them in a while, and wondered what if something had happened and only she was aware of it because of the nocturnal wakings. As her mind went into overdrive, she asked her husband the next day if he had seen their neighbours, only to be told he’d been chatting to them the day before. But the idea for another novel was born. Marissa goes to collect her young son from a playdate at a school friend’s house but when she turns up, her son is not there and the lady at the house knows nothing about it. The scene is set from the outset and I was gripped.Sive is a journalist and mother of three, married to hot-shot lawyer Aaron. Along with their kids, the couple are in London for a reunion with Aaron’s former housemates and friends, even though he remains competitive with them all and generally seems disinterested in their lives. As with her other fabulous books Andrea sends us down blind alley after blind alley. Just when you think you have one bit neatly figured out she drops another bombshell on you. I read this in a couple of sittings, flying through it. Whilst it’s not my favourite of Andrea’s, this one is perfect for holidays or when you’re looking for something compelling between heavier, longer reads. Andrea Mara is an auto-buy author for me. I've read all her previous books and loved them, so when I found out that No One Saw A Thing was available to request on Netgalley of course I jumped at the opportunity to read it. Truth is stranger than fiction, or so it’s said, and happily for me, my kids spent most of their early years putting the heart crossways on me by temporarily disappearing and providing inspiration for future books.
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