Book info

• Title The Secrets of Strangers
• Author Charity Norman
• Year 2020
• Genre Mystery

A regular weekday morning veers drastically off-course for a group of strangers whose paths cross in a London café - their lives never to be the same again when an apparently crazed gunman holds them hostage. But there is more to the situation than first meets the eye and as the captives grapple with their own inner demons, the line between right and wrong starts to blur. Will the secrets they keep stop them from escaping with their lives?

Thoughts

This was a great book about a group of strangers thrown together in unusual circumstances and just sharing their lives as the wider story unfolds. The fundamental story is a little bit unreal, although stranger things have happened I suppose, but if you go with it, it’s quite an emotional and moving piece. I do wonder if people would be so understanding as they were, particularly towards the end, but equally, people can have much bigger hearts than expected.

Rating: 4 / 5