Someone Else's Son: A page-turning psychological thriller with a breathtaking twist

A friend of mine son was stabbed outside a night club. He was very lucky to survive. He went through hell at the hosptial being stiched up and could not go home as he had an infection where he had to have his knife wound re stiched up again. It is very worrying Knife crime seems to be on the increase.Someone Elses Son is a heart-breaking emotional thriller. Carrie Kent had worked in television for only three years. First of all as a news anchor woman and then as an assistant presenter on Crime Hits, a late night satellite production taiing the met as they make live arrest.Carrie interviews a woman, Mrs Plummer, her son was stabbed repeatedly by a gang.While Carrie is in the TV studio she gets a call from the hosptial. When Carrie arrives at the hosptial she is told that her son is dead, he had been stabbed within his school gates. A girl who was friends with Max at the school is interviewed by a detective but she claims she did not see who stabbed Max, and that she can not shred any information. I certainly recommend Someone Elses Son, even though this story is with no question extremely emotional and heart-breaking but it is very well written.Review by ireadnovels.wordpress.com

I received the book quickly. I am reading it now. So far it is a very good book.

This is the 4th book by this author that I've read and this is the first one I've disiked, perhaps because it was one of her first books It was repetitious and much too detailed and I never cared about any of the characters including a tv host searching for her son's killer, her relationship with her blind ex-husband ,etc The cruelty of bullying and the effects on children however was well presented.

Carrie Kent is mother to Max but more importantly in her eyes she is a chat show host which is a cross between Jeremy Kyle and Crimewatch. One day Max dies and the book revolves not only why he died but what was his life like before he died, Carrie needs to know because she hadn't a clue while he was alive. Carrie realises that she has become just like the guests on her show when she had always felt so superior to them, now their worlds have collided.Neither of the two mothers in this book are characters I could remotely sympathise with and, unfortunately, they appeared very two dimensional tabloid creations. There are also so many threads that don't seem to go anywhere, I was sure that there would be some big relvelation around why Brody and Carrie divorced but this never really happens, there is one paragraph where the reader is left to assume that the marriage broke down for good but again there wasn't enough depth.The story itself is good, there are elements that are realistic however the ending let it down as it was so unbelievable. The portrayal of Max and Dayna is thought provoking, they both felt themselves to be different from everyone else and both suffered because they weren't part of the crowd.I preferred the three previous books by Sam Hayes but this one like those is an emotional tale, it just wasn't as convincing.

Even though the book had a hard hitting aspect to it and obviously the outcome wasnt good it was a really great book.As the mother and her son didnt have that much of a relationship it was interesting to see the way she coped after his death..the things that she learnt about her son and the relationship between her and her sons girlfriend.Rather like Jodi Picoults novels..some surprising developments that you wont be expecting. An overall interesting read.