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And So It Begins: A brilliant psychological thriller that twists and turns (Stephanie King Book 1)

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Fantastic. I genuinely couldn't tell who was telling the truth, to us or to themself, and who was lying. The twists and turns continue right to the very end, and are rarely predictable. The characters are well drawn and believable. Mark, Evie, and Cleo… Mark is a reclusive photographer whose first wife died suddenly. He is coaxed out by Evie who wants a series of photographs taken. Cleo is Mark’s sister and is very protective of him and doesn’t appreciate Evie spending time in Mark’s life… Evie stands trial as this dark and twisted thriller unravels their stories.

My feelings for the main characters kept changing, who was lying, who was manipulating whom, nobody was squeaky-clean, and the story built to a climax, where the truth is finally uncovered.

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This book had me hooked and I could not decide if Evie was good or bad right until the end. I was swinging one way then the other. Fantastic! He cast a sinister look at the little flame which I had enticed to play between the ribs, swept the cat from its elevation, and bestowing himself in the vacancy, commenced the operation of stuffing a three-inch pipe with tobacco. Evie is in a relationship with Mark and they have a baby girl. Mark's sister Cleo is jealous and wants Evie out of the picture.

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It was a little slow to start with, but for me this helped to build the story and it turned out to be a rollercoaster with a brilliant ending. You're sympathetic towards Evie. We all listened to ''The Archers'', didn't we? We know what can happen in marriages and relationships which look perfect to outsiders, but which are abusive. And yet, and yet... there's a nagging voice which tells you that all is not quite as it seems, or even as you feel it ought to seem. We've a lawyer wanting to make a name for herself by defending the case - and even the police are torn. Stephanie is seconded to CID and sympathises with Evie. Her boss is convinced that Evie is guilty of murder. Commencer in French means "to begin"; we get our verb commence via Middle English and Anglo-French from a Latin word that was formed by combining com- ("with") with initiare ("to begin"). Initiare is the root of our verb initiate. So even though they look nothing alike in English, commence and initiate have the same origin.

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An edge of your seat, unputdownable tale with well-developed characters and a clever plot which was highly enjoyable to read. On February 9th, 2013, Redditor lionzion submitted a post titled "So it begins" to the /r/funny [6] subreddit, featuring a photograph of a child standing next to a pole on top of a table (shown below). Prior to being archived, the post gained over 2,000 votes (92% upvoted) and 370 comments. As the stories of each of the three main characters start to open up I was given the chance to see their roots as it were, a chance to get a glimpse into their childhoods and their upbringings. A chance to get into their thoughts and how they worked, but nothing quite prepared me for what was to come. Miss Abbott is becoming one of my new favourite authors. This is the second book I have been asked to review and they have both been exceptional. Her stories are original which, when you read as much as I do, is always a good thing. Her writing is professional and well researched, the books are easy to read and fast paced.

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