Thailand. An epic storm. A shipwreck. A white man has been found alive.
But who is he? Suffering horrific injuries and burns, he is taken to a local hospital. He is mute. Everything is a blank. They tell him his name. That is all he knows. When his Chinese wife arrives, he has no choice but to return to London to her family. He starts getting better with care and more surgery until one day... he's assaulted. And he knows why.
The blow brings back a dangerous memory. But he's crippled, disfigured and penniless... and he's living the life of the man they think he is. What will he risk to uncover the truth?
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[A LIGHTNING BOLT split the night sky]***
(Leopard Print, 20 March 2020, 388 pages, ebook, copy from @ivyngeow and voluntarily reviewed, #BlogTour 4 May via #RandomThingsTours)
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Wow, is this a terrific book. This is my first read by the author and I will definitely seek out more. I didn't want to stop reading once I'd started. Ngeow writes in the style I love, switching between different characters to gradually reveal the story and the links between everyone. It's gradually revealed that the narrators are unreliable so you can't trust what is being revealed. What's the truth? Who's being honest? Who's lying? I couldn't stop reading once I'd started. I loved this book, so compelling and brilliantly written.
