Review: All is not as it seems
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 23, 2014
"He puts the knife between her face and his so she has to look at him. His eyes are glistening black slicks in the half light. The lips, slightly parted, just show the edges of his teeth. Slowly he brings the knife down, past her eye, touching the point to her cheek." -HiddenHiddenis a complex tale of escaping the past, misplaced loyalties, family secrets and revenge. With a sense of menace ever present, nothing is as it seems, each revelation adding another layer of tension.The author makes clever use of present and past tense - flashback chapters in present tense are skilfully interwoven with the real-time past tense chapters, giving further depth and intrigue to the storyline.Set mainly in Victoria (my home), Australia, I was able to relate well to the locations, the authentic details that only someone who'd been there would know, enhancing the scenes.Lucy Flood is an author to watch. I look forward to reading her next novel.