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The Second Stranger

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Review by

Ellis C, Reviewer

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This made for an interesting story, especially once the two 'policemen' have arrived at the hotel.
You feel for Remie as it's hard to know who to trust or what to do in such a situation.
I did guess a few things, like the missing hotel guest definitely being an accomplice but there were still a few twists that I didn't see coming, which was good.
I also liked the remote Scottish location and the flashbacks to when Cameron was alive.
However, for some reason, the way that this was written didn't make it the easiest book to read. And what I mean by that is in quite a lot of it, the writing is far too descriptive, when it doesn't need to be.
A lot of the time something that could have been described in a few simple words ran on for long sentences or even several sentences.
That made me have to pause several times and took me away from the action as there was quite a bit of unnecessary verbiage.
I did understand to a degree why our main character had to get away and was so hell bent on getting her passport, even if I imagine almost no one else behaving in that way in real life.
I liked how it ended and how there was another switch in names/characters.
I would be open to reading more from this author in the future but hopefully by then the extra descriptive writing will be tempered a bit.
Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
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