Donna recommends:
Cuckoo by Julia Crouch
First Line: ‘When Rose heard that Christos had been killed, she didn’t think twice: Polly and the boys must come to stay.’
After I read that first line, I thought “Hmmmm, something tells me that inviting Polly and the boys to stay is going to be a bad idea.” How right I was. Rose’s perfect world is thrown into disarray when Polly – artistic, manipulative, magnetic, mysterious – arrives with her two unruly sons. Cuckoo really pulls you in. From a slow build-up, this atmospheric story takes you through several twists and turns. You never really know what’s happening, or who is really who they portray themselves. For the last third of the book I was reading while I walked down the street, and also missed my stop on the bus because I was so engrossed. Very clever, creepy and chilling. Makes you wonder who your friends are. Excellent stuff.
