‘The Choice’ by Alex Lake is a psychological thriller that’s a tense rollercoaster of a tale. We are thrown straight away into action from the first page.
Matt has just left the three children in the car while he goes into the shop for some stuff. He leaves the shop to discover the car and the children are gone. Matt immediately goes home to tell Annabelle his wife and their horrific time has started. They are told they will have their children returned as long as they do not involve the police and, the biggest issue is…they want Annabelle in return for the children.
The story is told from three points of view Matt, Annabelle and the kidnapper in the present day. Then we slip back in time to 2004 when Matt was in University and experienced his relationship ending. This is told in flashback and gives us a picture of their background as we go.
I wondered whether this was connected to present events and was attempting to connect the dots every time I stopped reading it. I was definitely engrossed with how things would end up for Matt and Annabelle.
Alex Lake has written a gripping book that I very definitely enjoyed, although the idea of a car being stolen with children inside would be my absolute nightmare of epic proportions and I really felt for them both. The idea of swapping a wife for your children is such a warped one, you don’t want to think of it!
Thanks to Random Things Tours and NetGalley for the copy of the book today for my review.
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