** My thanks to Sarah and Mark for my copy of this book and for inviting me to be part of the blog tour **
Description:
How does a mother protect her child from the unknown?
During a visit to a local theatre, four-year-old Chloe Hollis becomes hysterical. But her mother, Kim, doesn’t realise that this is just the beginning of the nightmare. In the coming weeks, Chloe talks of The Tall Man – Of death.
At her wits end, Kim confides in Charles Honeywell, the headmaster at the school where she works. But what Kim doesn’t know is that Charles is linked to what is happening to her daughter.
Will Kim learn the terrible truth? And can she overcome her own tragic past and save her daughter before it’s too late?
The Liar’s Promise is a story of past lives and future torment.
My Thoughts & Review:
If you were ever in doubt of the power of the imagination I would strongly urge you to read any book written by Mark Tilbury. This is an author that can chill the coolest of readers, his imagination can creep even the hardest of crime fiction fans out and I absolutely LOVE it!! There’s disturbing and then there’s Mark Tilbury disturbing, if you’re of a nervous disposition I would recommend finding some images of kittens playing with yarn for the next wee while….
This was quite an intense read with some very intriguing characters, the most powerful being Chloe, a four-year-old girl.
Her mother, Mel, takes her to the local theatre and young Chloe becomes hysterical. Thinking this is a normal tantrum they leave. Mel could never have imagined what would come next. Her young child begins behaving strangely, speaking about The Tall Man, talking about death and destruction, uttering phrases a four-year-old should not know, and worse still, it would seem that she’s the reincarnation of a murder victim. Mel, is beside her self with worry and has no idea who to turn to. She seeks advice from Charles Honeywell, the headmaster at school, unawares that he is connected to all of this.
The Tall Man was a character that I held equal fear and fascination for, so creepy and chilling, Mark Tilbury knows just what words to use to set hearts racing and have you questioning whether it was a shadow you saw out of the corner of your eye, and with this character Tilbury has nailed it. I was on edge, wanted to hide under the covers, hell, I wanted to put this book in the chest freezer and stick railway sleepers on top of the freezer!! That’s how much it creeped me out, and I LOVED IT!
There’s so much about the plot of this book that screams out to be spoken about but that would be doing it a disservice, this is one book you have to read to understand it all. It’s such a gripping and complex plot that grabs readers and refuses to let go. The pace of this works well, it’s a frantic page turner, I found that I was almost speed reading this to try and find out what would happen next.
If you’re a fan of Mark Tilbury’s books already then you are in for a treat with The Liar’s Promise, his usual brand of exciting, supernatural twisted thriller with the shock factor is here in spades. But for those new to his writing, you are lucky to be discovering a genius! Highly recommended read!
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About the Author :
Mark lives in a small village in the lovely county of Cumbria, although his books are set in Oxfordshire where he was born and raised.
After serving in the Royal Navy and raising his two daughters after being widowed, Mark finally took the plunge and self-published two books on Amazon, The Revelation Room and The Eyes of the Accused.
He’s always had a keen interest in writing, and is extremely proud to have his fourth novel, The Liar’s Promise, along with The Abattoir of Dreams, published, and The Revelation Room and The Eyes of the Accused re-launched, by Bloodhound Books.
When he’s not writing, Mark can be found trying and failing to master blues guitar,
and taking walks around the beautiful county of Cumbria.
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