A Psychological Thriller
I listened to A Nearly Normal Family by M.T. Edvardsson on audio CD read by Richard Armitage, Georgia Maguire and Emily Watson. Through their voices the story of A Nearly Normal Family was told. I had first seen this book on Bookish First and was disappointed that I did not win a copy of it but I have to admit that listening to this book being read on audio CD really brought it to life. It was worth waiting for the audio CD to become available. I was lucky to have been able to borrow it from my local library. This was a psychological thriller that captured my attention right from the start. The story was told in separate parts and view points by the father, daughter and mother.
The story began as Stella, an eighteen year old girl, daughter of Adam, a Pastor of the Church of Sweden and Ulrika, a criminal defense attorney, was arrested for the murder of a wealthy businessman who was almost twice her age at 32 years old. When Stella's parents learned this shocking news we witnessed what they would do and how far they we go to protect their daughter and their family. One never really knows what one would do or how far one would go to protect a love one until placed in that situation. It was not something one could rehearse or plan for. Love and the natural instinct a parent has to protect a child just kicks in and takes over. When Adam and Ulrika learned about Stella's situation they both knew that they would do anything they had to do to protect her. Some of things they did brought them to keeping secrets from one another and even lying to each other and under oath. Their little girl was being charged with the heinous crime of murder. She was being kept in jail allowing her no contact with her parents. Both Adam and Ulrika were beside themselves with worry. They promised each other they would do whatever they had to do to protect and free Stella.
It took until the end of the story to discover the truth. I did not see it coming. The tension was real and made me want to keep reading. I sat at the edge of my seat as each the father, Stella and mother added more and more details and posed more questions in my mind. This was one of the best psychological thrillers I have read in a long time. I would round my rating up to a 4.5 star review. I highly recommend it.
I listened to A Nearly Normal Family by M.T. Edvardsson on audio CD read by Richard Armitage, Georgia Maguire and Emily Watson. Through their voices the story of A Nearly Normal Family was told. I had first seen this book on Bookish First and was disappointed that I did not win a copy of it but I have to admit that listening to this book being read on audio CD really brought it to life. It was worth waiting for the audio CD to become available. I was lucky to have been able to borrow it from my local library. This was a psychological thriller that captured my attention right from the start. The story was told in separate parts and view points by the father, daughter and mother.
The story began as Stella, an eighteen year old girl, daughter of Adam, a Pastor of the Church of Sweden and Ulrika, a criminal defense attorney, was arrested for the murder of a wealthy businessman who was almost twice her age at 32 years old. When Stella's parents learned this shocking news we witnessed what they would do and how far they we go to protect their daughter and their family. One never really knows what one would do or how far one would go to protect a love one until placed in that situation. It was not something one could rehearse or plan for. Love and the natural instinct a parent has to protect a child just kicks in and takes over. When Adam and Ulrika learned about Stella's situation they both knew that they would do anything they had to do to protect her. Some of things they did brought them to keeping secrets from one another and even lying to each other and under oath. Their little girl was being charged with the heinous crime of murder. She was being kept in jail allowing her no contact with her parents. Both Adam and Ulrika were beside themselves with worry. They promised each other they would do whatever they had to do to protect and free Stella.
It took until the end of the story to discover the truth. I did not see it coming. The tension was real and made me want to keep reading. I sat at the edge of my seat as each the father, Stella and mother added more and more details and posed more questions in my mind. This was one of the best psychological thrillers I have read in a long time. I would round my rating up to a 4.5 star review. I highly recommend it.