The Favour: The gripping new thriller from an author 'at the top of British psychological suspense writing' (Observer)

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The writing style really stood out to me — I don't know how to describe, it was really simple but that just made the plot seem that much more eerie!

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Nicci French is the pseudonym for the writing partnership of journalists Nicci Gerrard and Sean French. It’s over eleven years since Jude Winter has seen Liam Birch, but what they shared when they were eighteen has never left her.

Although I didn’t care for a lot of the characters, the vivid descriptions of the characters are very well done. I was disappointed in the story and the characters and only the unique writing style of ‘Nicci French’ kept me interested.

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Family drama and office politics take center stage in this tense standalone from the pseudonymous French, the husband-and-wife writing team of Nicci Gerrard and Sean French (the Frieda Klein series). She didn’t know if it came from her, or from him as his hands flew up to cover his face, or from the car itself as it left the road with a screech of tyres on tarmac. e. an arty / spiritual person believing in karma or a person undergoing a deep personal crisis such as substance addiction / bereavement etc). This is my first book from best selling British authors Nicci French (Nicci Gerard and Sean French).

She’s never forgotten her first love, and when he suddenly reappears after all these years asking for a favor, she finds herself not only saying yes but also lying about it to her fiancé.

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None of the characters were likeable, and yet characterisations were spot on, one of the hallmarks the author team is known for and what keeps me coming back for more every time. The central part of the book is a long and almost surreal funeral and wake, which feels like a recurring nightmare for Jude: she's constantly trying to find her handbag and leave, constantly being drawn back to another confrontation - the whole piece almost like a fluffier version of Sartre!Yet, before she can resolve the present crisis, she has to take a painful journey back into her own past. Those are not direct quotes per se but these same questions are asked of Jude by EVERYONE in the book.

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As soon as Jude made contact with the Liam’s houseguests, the atmosphere turned slightly sinister and took on an air of “groundhog day”, with tensions escalating. He was her first love, and even though she is now a successful doctor and about to get married, he will always be someone special to her.Who is she, the book asks, subliminally, when all these factors that tether her to her social self are untied and can she re-forge an identity for herself? There are several very unlikable side characters in this book, but for some reason Jude seems to be drawn to these horrible people. The ending is quite good and makes up for the fact that both Jude and the plot meander around for far too long.