After Anna
By Alex Lake
- Release Date: 2015-07-30
- Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Description
The No. 1 ebook bestseller, Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller and USA Today bestseller
The real nightmare starts when her daughter is returned…
A girl is missing. Five years old, taken from outside her school. She has vanished, traceless.
The police are at a loss; her parents are beyond grief. Their daughter is lost forever, perhaps dead, perhaps enslaved.
But the biggest mystery is yet to come: one week after she was abducted, their daughter is returned.
She has no memory of where she has been. And this, for her mother, is just the beginning of the nightmare.
Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, C. L. Taylor and Lucy Foley
Praise for Alex Lake
‘Relentlessly fast paced, a compelling plot and anxiety inducing finale. A cracking read’ John Marrs, bestselling author of The One
‘Opens with a nightmare scenario and races to a gripping, horribly tense ending – I think I actually stopped breathing several times. Loved it!’ Jackie Kabler, bestselling author of The Perfect Couple
'With an unrelenting sense of urgency, this brilliant book will get under your skin. Great hook, fast-paced, fully engrossing. Don't miss out – read it now!' Sam Carrington, author of The Missing Wife
‘This is creepy storytelling of the highest order: spine-chilling and difficult to put down’ Daily Mail
‘A superb read for suspense fans, this taut thriller will have you racing for the finish’ Heat
‘A gripping page turner’ Closer
‘The emotional rawness will take you to dark depths, but the journey towards that last flicker of hope is one you can’t pull back from’ Woman & Home
‘Evocative writing and emotional rawness’ Woman’s Weekly
‘A thoroughly entertaining, gripping read’ Cass Green, bestselling author of In a Cottage In a Wood
Reviews
‘A nail-biting psychological thriller … maintains high suspense to the very end’ Publishers Weekly
‘Superbly crafted … will keep you up all night’ LizLovesBooks.com
‘A novel that had me gripped from its opening paragraph … It certainly had me wanting more … An excellent novel’ TheWelshLibrarian.blogspot.com
‘A story that will grab your attention from the start … It will certainly appeal to any fans of psychological thrillers’ ByTheLetterBookReviews.co.uk
About the author
Alex Lake is a British novelist who was born in the North West of England. After Anna is the first book to be written under the author’s pseudonym, and it has been a No.1 bestselling ebook sensation, receiving over 500 5* reviews online. The author now lives in the North East of the US.
Reviews
After Anna
1By Loved the book!!So StupidPredictable
2By bookjunkie40I have enjoyed all the other books by this author but this one was hard to even finish. Would not recommend sadly.Highly predictable
2By RateWithPriscillaGrabbed my attention but was difficult to stay engaged. Highly predictable. I figured out who kidnapped her almost immediately.Predictable
3By BPF72And the mother-in-law and husband were a little over the top and not believable.Great!!!
5By Bamma342Wow, what a great book! I could not put it down, haven't read a book til 3:30 in the morning for years. A must read if you love suspense and wonderful characters.After Anna
3By Jax1921Has a twist at the end, a little unexpected but also kinda saw it coming. The rest of the book leading up to it really drug out and I was kinda bored.Disappointing
2By Steph4123“...as she turned into the main road, she passed a man, his springer spaniel wet with sweat yet still straining at the lead.” So, dogs don't sweat. It's why they pant. Common knowledge. There are so many additional errors that it was distracting. This felt like a draft rather than a finished product. Needs better editing! Minimal character development. Decent plot, but it would take the right editors to get this into shape.Not too bad
3By Nikki83754The book itself was pretty interesting, and had my attention from yesterday afternoon when I started reading it till close to midnight when I finished it. I struggled to like the main character though. Julia was whiny, never content, and a pain to read about. I was actually rooting for Brian by the middle, and was disappointed in how it ended. It was somewhat predictable, but didn't stop me from wanting to see how it ended.A good, quick read
4By Misti sucklingLots of action. The storyline was interesting, but if you're a fan of the mystery/thriller genre then the "bad guy" is quite obvious early on. A good, quick read that doesn't require a lot of the reader in terms of remembering hints, clues, characters, etc. Even though the ending was predictable, it was still a page turner.After Anna
5By Sofie Lynne 1WOW,,,, great book, full of intrigue, mystery, and murder... Could not put it down...After Anna
5By Scov2A real thriller!! I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of this book!!Couldn't put down!
5By MillyboReally enjoyed this book. It kept me guessing, and I wanted to finish it as soon as possible.Twisted
4By Cheer329Anna is the five-year-old daughter of Julia and Brian. She comes up missing after school one day and one week after Julia tells Brian she wants a divorce. After a week, they think their prayers have been answered when Anna shows up, apparently unharmed physically and mentally. What they don't realize is that their lives are going to go down an even darker road than they could have ever imagined and they will never be the same because of it.Inexpensive - a clue
1By SdmmmflPredictable plot, flat characters, trite ending.After Anna
5By Mayberry, SMWonderful read. I finished this book in two days time. I simply couldn't stop reading. I highly recommend this book to everyone.
