The Victim by Ruth Harrow – Blog Tour

A huge thank you to Zoe at Zooloo’s Book Tours for organising this tour and to Ruth Harrow for a copy in exchange for an honest review.

Synopsis

He’s watching you … but should he be afraid?
Leah should have been enjoying a night in with her best friend and housemate Claire, binging on chocolate and her favourite Netflix show.
But instead, she is suddenly forced to fight for her life when strong hands grab her. A knife is pressed to Leah’s throat and as tears run down her cheeks, she knows she will have to do as she is told if she wants to survive the night.
2 years on …
The community has forgotten about the woman so violently snatched from their midst. Leah’s best friend, however, can’t forget the person who was closer to her than a sister. Nor does she want to believe the shocking secrets she has unearthed about her friend in her absence.
Claire refuses to let go. She won’t forget the only person she ever really cared about. And she will never go about her life as if Leah never existed. She also knows that the danger that took her best friend still lurks unpunished in their hometown. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise when Claire is snatched too.
But the last thing she intends is to become one more victim. She feels her abductor should be the one who should be afraid.
Can Claire survive longer than one night?
Will she ever discover what really happened to Leah?

Book Links
Goodreads – https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156772423-the-victim
Buy Link – https://mybook.to/BWr4

My Thoughts

The Victim is fast paced, intense and completely had me on the edge of my seat from the prologue.

Told between a now, and then timeline, the story alternates so the reader is constantly bounced between before Leah was missing and the present day. This works really well as a hook because each chapter is really short and I couldn’t stop turning the pages to return to the other timeline.

In both timeliness, things are very sparsely revealed. Enough to tantalise and leave me wanting more without giving the game away or revealing too much, too early.

Claire and Leah’s relationship is such an emotional one with a lot of history between then. When Leah goes missing, it’s heartbreaking to see through Claire and Ruth’s (mum) eyes.

The Victim is so suspenseful and a one sitting read. There’s a malevolent vibe all the way through that left me suspicious and paranoid about everyone. I love that in a book! A very enjoyable and tense missing person plot with a racing pace.

Author Bio – Ruth Harrow

Ruth Harrow was born and raised in England and graduated from university before embarking on an unfulfilling career in an office job. She eventually put pen to paper and her debut psychological thriller, In Her Footsteps, was published in 2018. It quickly became a bestseller. Following the success of her first novel, her second and third books followed shortly afterwards. She lives in the UK with her husband, two children and chocolate Labrador, Rolo.

Follow Ruth at:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ruth_harrow
Website : https://ruthharrow.com/