Second life, by S.J. Watson

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S.J. Watson

Julia’s little sister, Kate, has been murdered in Paris and she thinks the police aren’t doing enough to solve the crime, so she decides to investigate on her own, signing in the dating webs Kate had been using to see if some of the guys she met online is the murderer.

Julia had been through drugs and alcohol abuse in the past and, even though she is perfectly healthy now and has a wonderful life with her husband and Kate’s son, Connor, raised by the couple since he was a baby, she is still struggling with some of the issues that she left apart in order to get out of her addictions. Eventually, these dating sites will absorb her as well.

The story is told by Julia. The reader can feel she is unstable, even before knowing all her background, but at first you think it’s because of the shocking news about her sister. She feels guilty for so many things and makes a number of wrong decisions, so when everything gets out of control, you can’t stop reading.

This is the first novel I read by S.J. Watson, and the first thing that caught my attention after finishing it is that he is a man! I couldn’t believe this book hadn’t been written by a woman, and there it is. I felt every emotion the main character felt in the book, all the fear, the excitement, the guiltiness… I have been taking a look on GoodReads and I have seen I wasn’t the only one who thought S.J. Watson was a woman after reading his books.

So, if you are a thrillers-lover, don’t miss Second life; it will get you glued to its pages, for sure.

Second life
S.J. Watson
Published by Harper
978-0-06-239799-7
432 pages

New books – June 2015

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Ashley Farley, Bee Ridgway, Celeste Ng, Gillian Flynn, Jodi Picoult, S.J. Watson, Sadie Jones, Sarah Hall, Tess Thompson

It’s time to show you my new books!

There has been a book fair here in my hometown a couple of weeks ago, so I had the perfect excuse to buy here and there and, besides, I have received a few books from publishers and from a giveaway I won.

Here you go:

The outcast and The river of no return were the books I purchased in the Book Fair.

Back in April I participated in Dewey’s 24 hours readathon and, as always, since I’m kind of an addict to the mini-challenges, I participated in many of them and I won the one hosted by Darren. The prize was £15 to spend in The Book Depository, and I choose Everything I never told you, Leaving time and Sharp objects. I still can’t believe how cheap books are in that web!

And finally, I received Second life (which I have already finished) and The wolf border from Harper. I’ll review them soon, because they are for sale this month.

I also have a couple of new ebooks:

Her sister’s shoes (Ashley Farley): I’m participaing in a book tour of this book, I think it’s my kind of read.

Duet for three hands (Tess Thompson): I was browsing on Amazon Spain but this book wasn’t available in my country so I contacted the author and she kindly sent me a copy! You know she is one of my favourite romance authors, and I really wanted to read this one – I have already started it!

So that was it!

You see I have plenty of books to enjoy after I finish my exams next week 😀