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Blink: A gripping psychological thriller with a killer twist you'll never forget by [K.L. Slater]

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Blink: A gripping psychological thriller with a killer twist you'll never forget Kindle Edition

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What if the person you love most in the world was in terrible danger … because of you?

Three years ago, Toni’s five-year-old daughter Evie disappeared after leaving school. The police have never been able to find her. There were no witnesses, no CCTV, no trace.

But Toni believes her daughter is alive. And as she begins to silently piece together her memories, the full story of the past begins to reveal itself, and a devastating truth.

Toni’s mind is trapped in a world of silence, her only chance to save herself is to manage the impossible. She must find a way to make herself heard. She must find her daughter.

A compelling, gripping thriller with a breathtaking twist that will keep you awake until the early hours. Perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train, Behind Closed Doors and The Sister.

What readers are saying about Blink:

'Brilliant, very clever ... I absolutely recommend it' B. A. Paris, author of Behind Closed Doors

'Once I started I couldn't stop. I devoured it. Chomped away chapter by chapter until I had hoofed the whole damned lot and you know what? It left me hungry for more ... An absolutely stonking 5 stars from me.' Jen Med's Book Reviews

'A novel that those who liked The Girl on The Train and Behind Closed Doors won't want to miss' My Little Book Corner

'I finished this book in nearly one day. I was completely unable to put this book down. Everything about this book sucks you in and doesn't let go.' Bombshell Reads

'Just BRILLIANT' It's All About Books

'A thrilling roller coaster of a read that will have you gripping on for dear life' By the Letter Book Reviews

'The book had me from the very first sentence and kept hold of me until I finished it. There are twists galore but on one occasion my jaw actually dropped open as I realised that all was not as it seemed. Fantastic writing, excellent characterisation that has left me salivating for book number three! Five stars.' Angela Marsons

'Five stars! This book had me hook line and sinker ... this author's mind is very very clever.' Sue and her Books

'WOW, what a corker of a book, gripping story, believable untrustworthy characters and not just one but two totally jaw dropping unexpected twists.' Nicki's Life of Crime

'What a read ...The ending took me completely by surprise! In most books, I end up guessing the ending, but this book was spectacular. The book had me gripped from word 'go'. I couldn't stop reading ...a brilliant brilliant book.' Any Excuse to Read

'A fantastic psychological thriller and I was kept hooked throughout. Lots of twists and turns, an excellent pace and so much suspense and surprise, I didn't quite know where the book was going at times ...couldn't be anything other than five stars!' Donna's Book Blog

'With bucketfuls of suspense and intrigue Blink is guaranteed to keep the most hardened psychological thriller love on the edge of their seats. Five Stars. ' The Book Review Cafe

'Pure genius!! Blink is everything a psychological thriller should be! K L Slater is in a class of her own ... Just when you think you have it figured out, you are knocked out of the park! One of the most mind-bending twists ever, just simply stunning!' What Rachel Read Next

'The twist towards the end took me completely by surprise. I actually had to put the book down for a moment and stop before I could carry on. It really took my breath away. K. L. Slater pulled this off brilliantly!' Hooked from Page One

'K.L. Slater has done it again with her latest book, Blink. From a creepy beginning to the twisty end, this book keeps the reader on the edge of his or her seat. Hang on for the ride' Shelf Knowledge

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About the Author

Kim is the million-copy bestselling author of six psychological crime thrillers. Her new thriller, CLOSER, will be published 24th October 2018 and is now available for pre-order.
Kim's titles are also published in paperback by Grand Central in the USA and Sphere in the UK.
For many years, Kim sent her work out to literary agents and collected an impressive stack of rejection slips. At the age of 40 she went back to Nottingham Trent University and now has an MA in Creative Writing.
Before graduating in 2012, she had gained literary agent representation and a book deal. As Kim says, ‘it was a fairytale … at the end of a very long road!’
Kim is a full-time writer. She has one daughter, two stepsons and lives with her husband in Nottingham and Yorkshire.

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ASIN : B01NBF30MU
Publisher : Bookouture (February 16, 2017)
Publication date : February 16, 2017
Language : English
File size : 1459 KB
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Print length : 328 pages
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Best Sellers Rank: #31,406 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #541 in Psychological Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #799 in Psychological Thrillers (Kindle Store)
- #838 in Psychological Fiction (Books)

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Don't waste your time

Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2017

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Sadly, I actually wasted several hours and read this unbelievable book in its entirety. First and foremost, a character, whose identity is unknown to the medical facility personnel, has been unresponsive and on a ventilator for two or three years is suddenly able to blink with the encouragement of one nurse and it is divulged the patient has locked-in syndrome and is not in a vegetative state. So all this time no doctor has run any test to determine brain activity? Really?? Secondly, there is NO possible chance of anyone coming off a ventilator and living after being on one that long. Yet, after The Blink, the patient is moved to a "stroke recovery" ward at the hospital. Really?? The protagonist husband is killed in a military accident in which he leads his troops "over the edge of a cliff" because his navigation directions are wrong. Really?? Of all the characters (and there are many) only one or two are remotely likeable, full functioning, adults. The protagonist is an addict, her mom is controlling, and both the child's teacher and the protagonist co-worker have mental issues. Even the child is bratty. It is an implausible story with an out-of-nowhere ending, poorly edited and amateurishly written. I'm done with this author.

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Andrea F. Ozment

A page-turner

Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2017

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Effective and very twisty thriller. Told from multiple points of view, alternating between present and past, this novel offers a gripping story. Toni's daughter, Evie, is abducted from her school one afternoon when Toni is caught in hopelessly snarled traffic, and as the press excoriates Toni for her neglectful parenting, the police make no progress in finding her. Moving forward 3 years to the present time, we meet a woman who is believed to be in a coma after having a stroke, but who is instead suffering from locked-in syndrome. The hospital doesn't know who the woman is, but she's been there for years. We don't know who she is either, we just know that she's paralyzed but totally aware and that she is desperate to find Evie. Very intriguing, with lots of possible suspects and many surprises.

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Antonio Jacobs

I really wanted to love it....But

Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2020

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The very first page was so excellently crafted with the promise,to blow my wildest expectations out of the water. I have never been so disappointed in my life. 1st %(the promise)........................................................30%.(nothing)..............................................................................50%.(nothing)...................................................................70%(something of interest).this is where the book literally starts....................................80% now everything is being crammed in the last 15%.so the now the utter boredom feels rushed, like she got tired of the story and just wanted to get the book over with. It gets 3 stars only because of its 1st page intro. If I had not paid money for it I probably would not have completed it.

I have really enjoyed k.l Slater books. im sure this is just a once off disappointment as her other books were amazing..that being said I cant wait to get my hand on her next thriller.

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Sagereader2

Edge of your seat thriller

Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2017

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Blink is definitely one of the best thriller mysteries I have read ever! Blink kept me up all night wondering who did what.
The story starts with a grieving wife, Toni, and her five year old daughter, Evie, who have just moved to their new apartment to live closer to her mother. Toni begins a new, part time job and Evie begins first grade. A Few months go by wand Toni arrives late to pick up her daughter after school due to an emergency with her mother, however Evie Is missing, vanished! Several people seem suspicious yet the police give up their search and three years go by. Now, lying in a coma, Evie's mother tries to wake up as she knows who has her daughter. This is where the mystery twists into the most incredible who-done-it I could imagine. I will just tell you that I could not foresee the ending. It was a shock.
If you like really good mysteries, you will love this one. I highly recommend Blink to you.

13 people found this helpful

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tcboyd

The perfect book to humble the mystery slouth

Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2017

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If, like me, you read a lot of "mystery" novels, and pride yourself on usually figuring out the ending within the first few chapters, then I encourage you to read "Blink". If you follow the bread crumbs, like I did, you will be certain to have a good idea of what happened, and the "who", if not the "why", of the crime. Well, not so fast Sherlock. As you near the end of the book, one major assumption is dashed by a very casual comment. I actually went back and re-read the comment to make sure that I hadn't misunderstood. Now there's a whole new mystery to add to the plot. But you're not finished yet. As the tangled knot begins to unravel, yet another twist is revealed, information to which the reader has been previously exposed, but allowed to ignore as irrelevant to solving the original crime. Bread crumbs can lead you right over the cliff. And there are at least a couple of other red herrings thrown in for good measure.

Not only is this novel well-written, but it's artfully crafted from beginning to end. Highly recommended.

7 people found this helpful

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Debbie

Mystery that tugs at your heart

Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2017

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I love mysteries. With a child involved in it I had to read it. Several twists in plot kept me reading. I never guessed which people were the bad guys til I read the end. It kept me thinking as the plots changed. A great book I would recommend for anyone.

15 people found this helpful

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CLFMLF

but in the end there's the love. Thoroughly enjoyed

Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2017

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I downloaded the Sample first and almost didn't buy... wasnt sure I could adapt to the U.K. expressions and way of talking. But the storyline piqued my interest. Ended up reading all night to 5am to finish it!

Surprise ending caught me off guard. Never would have guessed the way the characters unfolded. As has happened with several books I have read lately, the ending unfolds rapidly. So rapidly it was a little jarring to me. But maybe that's just me.

My heart went out to both Mothers. The Mother/Daughter/Granddaughter relationship is not always smooth sailing... but in the end there's the love.

Thoroughly enjoyed!

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MalMonroe

This review contains spoilers!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 21, 2017

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The story started off well but ended in a silly manner, as did the previous book by this author. Different characters, similar plot. I really wanted to like it but 'Psychological Thriller' is not, and never should be, code for 'people with mental illness abound and are always the perpetrators'. The books were so alike with the terraced houses, weird secrets upstairs, strange old women with crazy notions . . . I found so many things difficult to believe. (And I couldn't get over the fact that at one stage we were experiencing the November sun - with bonfire night over a week away - that is simply chronologically impossible.) Toni and her mother were awful and I sympathised with neither. Surely Toni was also eligible for some kind of war widow pension? Insurance payout? She certainly would have been far better off, financially, than she was made out to be. I lost patience when we had to contend with yet another crazy old woman with secrets upstairs. Psychological thrillers need to be far more sophisticated than this for me. Sorry, I really did have high hopes but they were dashed.

27 people found this helpful

Silkspike

BLINK - Enjoyed It Until The Very Unsatisfying Ending

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 21, 2019

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SPOILER ALERT! I thoroughly enjoyed most of this book, especially the ONLY twist in the book (as far as I was concerned), because we were lead to believe it was Toni who was in the coma. I sussed out who was the kidnapper because in reality, she was the only person in the book who had a reason to have a beef with Toni, although it wasn't really Toni's fault. Toni was the only person left to focus the rage the kidnapper felt, and their situation was merely circumstantial, so a huge misdirection by the author... kudos for that. There were a suitable amount of red herrings to make you think anyone could could have 'dunnit', which kept the pages turning. It was the end that spoilt it. The end seemed rushed and left you feeling like the author simply ran out of steam and wanted to finish the book. The reader needs to have closure and this book left me feeling a bit cheated in the end. I would have given this book 5 stars and moved it to my 'Best Books' category I created on my Kindle, but for the ending. I won't discourage others to read it because clearly from the reviews, a lot of people adored the book and gave it five stars, but if you get really mad about lame endings, you won't like the way this book ends.

4 people found this helpful

Lily G

Good thriller

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 20, 2017

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This is a good, well written, fast paced, psychological thriller. The ending was definitely a surprise and it is the type of book you can't stop reading as you just want to know what happens next. The chapters are quite short so I was always saying just one more. The chapters also go from three years earlier to the present day.There are quite a few main characters which gives the reader a fair bit of choice in trying to work out who the abductor of Evie is. Well worth a read.

15 people found this helpful

Smamph

I'm now reading "All The Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Duerr and it's like a breath of fresh air

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 13, 2017

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Hmmm .. I was very excited to read this book after the positive reviews I'd read, but it was something of a let-down. The writing is very basic, by which I mean that Slater uses simple language and ugly colloquialisms (such as "Me and my daughter have .." instead of "My daughter and I have .." and you can see the "twist" a mile away! I'm now reading "All The Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Duerr and it's like a breath of fresh air: beautifully chosen words, detailed character descriptions and a genuine sense of mounting anticipation - do yourself a favour and read that instead.

10 people found this helpful

Kathy Jensen

A taut thriller

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 3, 2018

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Better than 4 but not quite 5. A very taut thriller that keeps you addicted right to the end, which has an unexpected twist with regard to who the baddie actually is! It's hard at times to feel sympathy to Toni but I know people who suffer untreated mental health issues because they are too embarrassed / ashamed to seek help or simply don't really realise how much it is affecting them, so from that perspective, I do feel sorry for the mess she gets herself into, which ends up with her daughter being kidnapped. The bit that really got to me in terms of understanding the book is how an active soldier's widow like Toni seems not to have any support or financial assistance from the armed services. Is that how it really is?

2 people found this helpful