Hurting Distance - Sophie Hannah I bought this book at my local Tesco on a buy two for £7.00 deal and it was well worth it. I’m an avid reader and have read about 12 books this month of all different types. I tend to pick books by reading the back cover and then the first page and if it grips me immediately then I can’t leave it behind. The back of this book says “Three years ago, something terrible happened to Naomi Jenkins – so terrible she never told anyone” and the first page is an email she has written to a website called “Speak out and Survive”; you know then from the first page what Naomi’s secret is, she’s been raped. No I’m not ...  Read the complete review

Hurting Distance is the second crime novel by best-selling author Sophie Hannah. Released in 2007 it is a fantastic psychological thriller that is wonderfully written. Sophie Hannah is a poet and author who has a unique and enthralling style of writing. ~Plot~ Naomi Jenkins is a successful self-employed businesswoman whose world is turned upside down when her married lover, Robert Haworth, fails to turn up for their weekly tryst at Traveltel. Naomi is terrified that something is amiss especially as the police seem unwilling to help. She has to convince DS Charlie Zailer and DC Simon Waterhouse that something has happened to her lover. DS Zailer has ...  Read the complete review

I recently read the first novel by Sophie Hannah called Little Face and was pleasantly surprised. I then ordered another in the series called Hurting Distance and awaited more shocks and thrills. Following on from Little Face we are in the same town with the same detective, DS Charlie Zailer, DC Simon Waterhouse, Gibbs and Sellers. The first part of Hurting Distance is actually very well written. Sophie Hannah seems to have got a good grasp for the plot she wanted to create, and seems to be in sync with the main character, Naomi Jenkins. Naomi has been seeing a married man called Robert Haworth and every Thursday they meet at the same hotel and delight in ...  Read the complete review

This is the second book I've read by this author and unfortunately I haven't read them in chronological order so I knew fairly early on "whodunnit" as the later book had already revealed this. The book opens with successful businesswoman Naomi worried by the disappearance of her married lover Robert who cannot get the local police to investigate thoroughly particularly given that his wife claims he isn't missing at all. To get the police to take her seriously Naomi decides that she will have to persuade the police that Robert is a dangerous criminal by describing a horrific incident he was responsible for, the details she uses are those of a ...  Read the complete review