At 2 a.m. on the morning of her 40th birthday, Sophie wakes in the darkness of her bedroom, and finds a stranger watching her from the foot of her bed. The intruder hands Sophie a letter and issues an ultimatum: the message is to be opened at her forthcoming party, in front of gathered family and friends, at exactly 8 p.m. Any failure to comply will not end well. Sophie can only think of one person who hates her enough to have hired a professional to menace her like this: her fiancé's ex-wife. But what can the letter possibly contain? And why must it be read in front of everyone she loves best? This will be no ordinary 40th party. Sophie is not the only person holding a secret about the evening ahead. When the clock strikes eight, the course of several people's lives will be altered forever.
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[I am disturbed at about twenty past two, in the early hours of Saturday morning]***
(Atlantic Books, 3 March 2016, bought in a charity shop)
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I read this for 2017 Popsugar Reading Challenge. The category is 'a book you bought on a trip'.***
Oh boy, was this book messed up, messed up but nevertheless brilliant.
I did not quite know what to expect when I read You Sent Me A Letter and the tiny little book has some mind-boggling twists and turns.
This book essentially has two storylines, which I didn't even realise until the last fifty pages or so, both twisted and linked in expected ways. I really loved the misdirection.
So many time I found myself shaking my head, incredulous, thinking, oh my God, did that seriously just happen? Just when I thought things couldn't get more warped or disturbing another layer of crazy was added.
I adored this book, crazy ride that it was.
