Thursday, April 13, 2017

The Face Behind the Mask Review

No one truly knows what is hiding behind the big red smile and the white face paint of the clown mask... You can be anyone, a friendly clown? a serial killer? a simple minded child?
It's 1950 and the circus is in town, a young boy has made a clown suit for himself and he's going to run off to the circus, except his parents will have no part in it... So he takes care of them- Now he's joined the circus and has become the most famous clown Tufty... But something is burning inside him- some desire he cant ignore...
Fast forward to current time in England, a woman named Annie and her husband Will- both police officers, Annie is home on materniety leave with their 8 month old son, while they don't go into detail she had a near death experience with a serial killer before and she has now been able to tap into a sixth sense and has the ability to see and speak to the dead. Her husband Will is still working in the department as head detective in every single murder case that is springing up in their small town. While Will is working the murders Annie is home trying to figure out who the ghost in her home is- the ghost will not speak to her, and will not show him/herself. A string of murders and a new ghost has shown... connected somehow?
The book switches between current time and Summer 1950 but it moves very smoothly and you will not expect the ending- total twist that you never see coming- and once you do get to the end all the little clues throughout the book all come together and make so much sense.
This is defiantly a book for the thriller, suspense lover!!
* Based in England but reading for American readers was pretty easy- some words just had to be changed to the way we say them- Arse (ass) and Coppers (cops) and i found that it helped to understand a little better*


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