555 pages

English language

Published Nov. 15, 2016

ISBN:
978-1-4104-9055-1
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OCLC Number:
940519216

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Amy Stevenson was the biggest news story of 1995. Only fifteen years old, Amy disappeared walking home from school one day and was found in a coma three days later. Her attacker was never identified and her angelic face was plastered across every paper and nightly news segment. Fifteen years later, Amy lies in the hospital, surrounded by 90's Britpop posters, forgotten by the world until reporter Alex Dale stumbles across her while researching a routine story on vegetative patients. Remembering Amy's story like it was yesterday, she feels compelled to solve the long-cold case. The only problem is, Alex is just as lost as Amy -- her alcoholism has cost her everything including her marriage and her professional reputation. In the hopes that finding Amy's attacker will be her own salvation as well, Alex embarks on a dangerous investigation, suspecting someone close to Amy.

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Review of 'Try not to breathe' on 'Storygraph'

While this wasn't a perfect book, I absolutely enjoyed it and was engaged from beginning to end.

I just wrote a much more detailed review for my site and my brain seems to be cramping up looking for what to say here but I think fans of dark suspense and mysteries would enjoy Try Not to Breathe.

Like I said, it's not perfect - there are some aspects that don't ring true, there's a POV that seems unnecessary, the thrilling climax wasn't very thrilling, but, all in all, I liked it a lot and if a sequel comes to be, I'll definitely pick it up. For a debut novel, I think it was pretty damn well done and shows a lot of promise for future offerings.

I received an ARC from NetGalley (yay for checking one off my long list of NG books to be read and reviewed!) in exchange …

Subjects

  • Fiction
  • Large type books
  • Investigative reporting
  • Cold cases (Criminal investigation)
  • Women journalists