A review by kaz_loves_books
The Regret by Dan Malakin
5.0
This is a well thought out and researched book, expertly written. The main character Rachel has anorexia which is covered in great detail and handled well throughout. There was a stalker a few years ago who managed to destroy her world once, now he is free, she will not allow him to do so again. But is he stalking her again now?
Rachel has managed to get her life together, is now a nurse and has a three year old daughter Lily. She has a boyfriend Konrad, let her dad back into her life for Lily’s sake and Lily sees her dad Mark often. She still sees her childhood friend Becca and is great friends with Spence from work. On this particular day, things have been going wrong for Rachel all day, It started with an email from work about checking that they had the right bank details to pay her wages into, then her phone crashed, she was late getting Lily off, getting into work, couldn’t get through to payroll. At least her phone rebooted but she had to log back into her email and other apps as it appeared she had been logged out. After work she went to the gym, she needed her work out tonight but then Becca had stood her up. Still, she would do it, it would do her good. When she got into the gym, she couldn’t believe it, Konrad’s mate Pete was there with a group of mates, they hated each other with a vengeance. Perhaps he wouldn’t notice she was there. Unfortunately for her, as she approached, he turned around, then started laughing and pointing at his phone with his mates. She stormed over to ask what he was laughing at. He told her to look at the picture she had just sent on snap. She snatched her phone off her arm but she hadn’t sent anything! Pete then sent her an indecent picture of himself. One she wished she hadn’t seen. She dropped her phone and ended up scrabbling for it under the weights bench. She then rushed to the changing rooms full of shame. She then got a phone call from Becca, ranting about the picture and that she was having a drink. The penny dropped. The naked picture of her had resurfaced! She said yes, the night was still on, bring some drink. She rang Konrad, voicemail, so she left him a message. This was the start of her life beginning to unravel once again.
This was a brilliant book, full of suspense, hacking and technological tricks. Makes you think how this could happen to someone - very scary. A fantastic twist towards the end makes for a great ending. A real eye opener, 5 stars from me, highly recommended.
Rachel has managed to get her life together, is now a nurse and has a three year old daughter Lily. She has a boyfriend Konrad, let her dad back into her life for Lily’s sake and Lily sees her dad Mark often. She still sees her childhood friend Becca and is great friends with Spence from work. On this particular day, things have been going wrong for Rachel all day, It started with an email from work about checking that they had the right bank details to pay her wages into, then her phone crashed, she was late getting Lily off, getting into work, couldn’t get through to payroll. At least her phone rebooted but she had to log back into her email and other apps as it appeared she had been logged out. After work she went to the gym, she needed her work out tonight but then Becca had stood her up. Still, she would do it, it would do her good. When she got into the gym, she couldn’t believe it, Konrad’s mate Pete was there with a group of mates, they hated each other with a vengeance. Perhaps he wouldn’t notice she was there. Unfortunately for her, as she approached, he turned around, then started laughing and pointing at his phone with his mates. She stormed over to ask what he was laughing at. He told her to look at the picture she had just sent on snap. She snatched her phone off her arm but she hadn’t sent anything! Pete then sent her an indecent picture of himself. One she wished she hadn’t seen. She dropped her phone and ended up scrabbling for it under the weights bench. She then rushed to the changing rooms full of shame. She then got a phone call from Becca, ranting about the picture and that she was having a drink. The penny dropped. The naked picture of her had resurfaced! She said yes, the night was still on, bring some drink. She rang Konrad, voicemail, so she left him a message. This was the start of her life beginning to unravel once again.
This was a brilliant book, full of suspense, hacking and technological tricks. Makes you think how this could happen to someone - very scary. A fantastic twist towards the end makes for a great ending. A real eye opener, 5 stars from me, highly recommended.