Having read a couple of duffers from Edwards recently, I’m delighted to say that this brilliant thriller puts him right back to the top of his game. The Devil’s Work has all the elements of a spine-tingling psychological thriller: blind alleys, garden paths, twists and turns aplenty, and a relatable heroine who finds her world spinning out of control as she becomes the target of some nasty japes.
After landing her dream job in publishing, Sophie Greenwood finds her past coming back to haunt her. Someone is taunting her. Someone who knows her history. At first it’s just unsettling, but when her husband and little girl get dragged in, Sophie becomes increasingly agitated and begins to fear for her life. Can she find out who’s tormenting her before it’s too late?
This is creeping suspense fiction at its best. Sinister, menacing and with a cracking, heart-stopping finale. Edwards does a great job of feeding Sophie’s neurosis and at the same time keeping several people in the frame for the baddie. Just when you think you’ve got it figured out, wham! Off it goes in another direction. It really does keep you guessing until the very end.
So that’s all the good stuff.
As much as I liked Sophie as a character, however, Edwards does her credibility no favours early on. So, she’s a marketing manager working with young adult fiction but isn’t right up to date with social media? Really? I don’t think so. The Twitter thing turns out to play a key part in the plot, but ironically also punches a bit of a hole in its validity. I was enjoying the book and in a forgiving mood, so let it go, but it niggled at me all the way through. Costs you a star, Mark. Sorry.
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