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    The Accident: a gripping, edge-of-your-seat thriller

    By Dawn Goodwin

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    A tragic accident, an unbearable loss and a marriage in crisis – but who can she trust or is she all alone?

    Veronica Pullman's comfortable suburban life comes to a shuddering halt when her young daughter, Grace, tragically dies in a car accident.

    Months later, unable to come to terms with her daughter's death, detached from her husband and alienated from her friends and family, a chance encounter on a rainy street pushes her into an unlikely new friendship.

    Scarlet is everything Veronica could've been: feisty, adventurous, unpredictable. But as she approaches what would have been Grace's 10th birthday, it becomes clear to Veronica that the friendship she thought was saving her life could be costing her everything.

    Consumed by grief and left questioning her own sanity, is there anyone she can really trust or is someone out to torment her as part of their twisted game?

    'This novel is a beautifully written, if disturbing, exploration of how grief affects friendships, marriage and the main character's sense of self' Anita Davison

    Praise for The Accident:

    'One of the best books I've read this year!' NetGalley Reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    'I highly recommend this book and author to all!' NetGalley Reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAria
    Release dateOct 1, 2017
    ISBN9781786699633
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    The Accident: a gripping, edge-of-your-seat thriller
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    Dawn Goodwin

    Dawn Goodwin's career has spanned PR, advertising, publishing and healthcare, both in London and Johannesburg. A graduate of the Curtis Brown creative writing school, she loves to write about the personalities hiding behind the masks we wear every day, whether beautiful or ugly. What spare time she has is spent chasing good intentions, contemplating how to get away with murder, and immersing herself in fictitious worlds. She lives in London with her husband, two teenage daughters and British bulldogs Geoffrey and Luna.

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    • 5/5
      Excellent! That Felicity was a bad girl! Had a hard time putting this one down!
    • 3/5
      Great storyline. However too many irrelevant parts dragging out scenarios that have no bearing to the storyline. Otherwise a good read
    • 5/5
      To lose your child has to be one of the worst things to ever happen to a person. I cannot imagine the feelings that you go through and I certainly never want to. So when Veronica loses her daughter she becomes extremely depressed and starts to view reality differently. For her, living in a time where Grace is still alive is much easier than dealing with the truth. And there are quite a few truths she is not aware of around her.
      Then Veronica meets Scarlet. The woman is her complete opposite, but they get along wonderfully. Although Scarlet often gets Veronica in trouble, she is so happy to have met a new friend that she pushes all of that aside. Veronica‘s husband appears to be the supportive man we all would like to have, but is he really? And Grace, her daughter, what really happened to her? Why is nobody actively helping Veronica move past the loss of her daughter? And why does nobody ever get to meet the infamous Scarlet?
      When the end approached, I was probably sitting there with my mouth hanging open. It’s not that the ending is so much different or unexpected, but it’s the way that it is done and how everything comes out that left me breathless.