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In Servitude: a gripping rollercoaster of family, crime and betrayal by [Heleen Kist]

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Do you owe your family your life?

When Grace's beloved sister Glory dies in a car crash, her life spirals out of control. She discovers Glory was indebted to a local crime lord and laundering money through her cafe. What's worse, Grace is now forced to take over.

Defying her anxiety, Grace will stop at nothing to save herself and those Glory left behind from the clutches of Glasgow's underworld. But her plans unravel when more family secrets emerge and Grace is driven to question everything she believed about her sister - even her death.

Winner of multiple awards and perfect for lovers of page-turning suspense.
*Silver medal - Best European Fiction, Independent Publishers' Book Award (USA)*
*Finalist - Next Generation Indie Book Awards (USA)*
*Finalist - The Selfies award at London Book Fair*

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07GK4JRH3
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pollok Glen Publishing; 1st edition (August 27, 2018)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 27, 2018
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Best Sellers Rank: #243,455 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,079 in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Literary Fiction
- #1,757 in Psychological Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #2,681 in Psychological Thrillers (Kindle Store)

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Heleen Kist is a Dutch, formerly globetrotting career woman who fell in love with a Scotsman and his country, and now writes about its (sometimes scary) people from her garden office in Glasgow. 'What I Hid From You' is her third suspense novel, inspired by many a dentist friend.

She was chosen as an up-and-coming new author at Bloody Scotland 2018. Her debut, ‘In Servitude’, won the silver medal for Best European Fiction at the Independent Publishers Book Awards in the USA and was shortlisted for The Selfies awarded at London Book Fair. Her feminist thriller ‘Stay Mad, Sweetheart’ was a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards and won third place in the inaugural Book Bloggers’ Novel of the Year award 2020.

Heleen hopes you enjoy her writing, and would love to hear from you on twitter (@hkist), Faceboook (@heleenkistauthor) or Goodreads. You can also sign up to her newsletter on www.heleenkist.com.

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Jane V. Blanchard

Tight writting, suspensful action, lots of information bombshells

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 5, 2019

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This is one of the best-written books I have read all year. In Servitude by Heleen Kist starts off with a bang, “Glory was dead,” and the tension does not let up.

Grace, the surviving twin, tries to unscramble how her sister, Glory, died and to figure out why Glory left her majority ownership of the restaurant with all its secrets. As she does this, she tries to be of service to Stephen, Glory’s husband, her two young nephews, and the family dog.

Glory is also of service to her parents. Mom’s post-stroke condition demands more attention than dad can provide without money to put her in a nursing home. How can Glory help without losing her moral principals?

The writing is tight, the action continuously suspenseful, and the information bombshells keep the reader rapt in the story. I highly recommend this book for those who enjoy suspenseful novels written in the first person.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 9, 2021

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I’ve always admired watching a new author's writing skills advance from book to book. But Heleen Kist’s first published book has the ear marks of a truly seasoned writer.

Her writing style offers such a unique voice and personality all it’s own. Her story unravels into an unexpected and exciting storyline that left me saying, ‘wow! I never saw that coming!’ I loved the pace, visuals, characters and story arch. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this story to others and I look forward to reading her second book.

I hope to see this storyline continued! I’m a fan.

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Peter Kuzminski

Enjoyable, fast, easy read with just enough twists to keep you interested, but not lost

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 9, 2018

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I read Heleen Kist's debut novel over Labor Day weekend, just a tad too late for this perfect beach reading. While a crime thriller usually needs another dimension to hold my interest (e.g., The Last Policeman trilogy), In Servitude was more of traditional wooden roller coaster: sturdily constructed, nicely paced, twists and dips in all the right places, and well worth the time. It's a novel of good characters too and that the nature of each is revealed slowly adds to the fun. A week later they're still in my head vying to be my favorite. (Blue, I think.) The novel is peppered with some fantastic turns of phrase, but also some "awww moments" and some regional geography and politics that fell flat with me. Nonetheless, I'll be recommending it to my many beach-going friends and family for next summer. I'm looking forward to her next effort!

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Monique M Elias, BA Comparative Literature, University of California at Berkeley

The author seems to be extremely well versed in the intentions and motivations of her characters

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 25, 2018

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I took this book on my European trip thinking that this will keep me going for a while. Little did I know that I would get so engrossed in it that I finished it in about a day...Unlike other sleuth yarns, this one uses a young female protagonist as opposed to the so called seasoned (male) detective. As a woman, for a change, I can relate to her movements and particularly her fear and guts to confront some strong man. In stead of being some super woman, she is more like any of us. At some harrowing situations she might get sick and actually barf her guts out because of fear and yet going thru with what she sees as absolutely necessary. In short, a heroine we can emulate. Furthermore, Kist's language is in flawless English, including the colloquialisms. This is quite a feat for a born Dutchwoman! Kudos for that! The success of this first novel of hers promises for more to come and we heartily support that. She is a brilliant writer!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 9, 2018

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The best part of this book for me was the interaction that Grace had with different family members. I especially liked the family dynamics. Grace thought she knew her sister well, but she kept uncovering secrets and surprises. Her interactions with their parents were full of painful emotion because of her mother’s mental illness. She doesn’t know whether to trust her brother-in-law. I like the flashbacks to her childhood where she and her sister were very close. That makes it all the more painful. There’s lots of psychology in this book.
As time goes by, Grace uncovers more and more of the criminal elements of her sister’s life. It is riveting and a real puzzler.

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Batiz

Very entertaining story with many twists, relatable characters, and descriptions of Glasgow.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 29, 2018

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I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and going through its many twists and reveals. The setting (Glasgow) is not familiar to me, yet the author's descriptions helped me imagine each street, neighborhood, and gritty warehouse so, as a bonus, I got a nice travel experience to Scotland.
It is refreshing to read about a female lead character with strengths, weaknesses, self-doubt, and tons of resolve and resilience. Yet, it was the main character's "big finale" action what made me yell "Yeah!", surprising anyone around me. She almost became a real person to me!
Not to be overlooked, the author spotlights as part of the plot a very real and not-well-known human tragedy. It is an eye-opener and just for that alone this book was worth my time reading it.
I hope this is the beginning of a very successful literary career for Heleen Kist!

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Terry

Wow. Just WOW!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 22, 2018

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Wow! This story has so many twists and turns, just when you think you have it figured out, something else happens.

Just as the blurbs in the Kindle version's About This Book, this gets truly worrisome for the protagonist. Is this going to turn out okay for her? Who is her boyfriend, really? My paranoia showing here. No more of a partial spoiler here, if anything. (Obviously as I write this, I have no idea of what or how this will turn out.)

The end came out of nowhere. I am absolutely slack jawed.

Wow. This is definitely one of the good ones. You must read it. You simply must.

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Mary C.

Captivating story, well-written and well=paced book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 12, 2018

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I haven't read a novel in a while as I'm a bit of a news junkie, but when a friend told me about this book I decided to give it a try. I've read a number of other reviews and I am in total agreement that the story sucked me right it. "Unputdownable" isn't a real word, but it does apply to this book. There were multiple, intertwined story lines that kept you NEEDING to know how it all works out in the end. Speaking of the end, without giving anything away, my only slight criticism is that I was conflicted about it. But, you'll have to read it for yourself to know what I'm talking about. I do recommend it.

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Ally

Fast paced thriller with an excellent twist

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 28, 2020

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This is my second book I have read by author Heleen Kist, I was first introduced to her work when I read her second Novel #StayMadSweetheart … this book was my favourite read of 2019 and so knew I had to go back and read her previous work.

I have found in the past when I look back at the authors previous work that the first books are not as great as their latest work, but this is definitely not the case with Heleen Kist. This novel was also a thrillingly enjoy full read and I have now found myself another favourite author.

In servitude follows Grace the main character trying to work out how to get through her new life (her sisters life) after her accidental death… the novel starts by throwing you in at the deep end and your faved with the death of her sister almost instantly. Even though we had no prior knowledge of her sister and her life I found myself emotional over her death, that is just how brilliantly it was written… you can feel the heart-ache from Grace oozing from the words.

Grace was a very likeable character, she was a bit on the goody two shoes side but I loved how insistent she was about things that she could feel in her gut … her gut feeling was right all along even when it was proven to just be her grief … the insistence of Grace maintained a steady and interesting pace throughout the book ….

… until you were nearing the end and then BAM 💥

The pace quickened with a huge twist thrown in and there was no way I was putting the book down until I had found out what the hell was going on.

That’s when we found out the true colours of goody two shoes Grace, the ending started off so sad for her, I was actually pretty gutted with what I was reading and then Grace turned into some next crazy lunatic and I couldn’t believe me eyes.

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Jacob Collins

Packed with tension and suspense!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 28, 2019

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Well, I had the intention of just reading the first couple of chapters of this book, but once I had read them, I wanted to read the rest and I very nearly read it in one big gulp, and would have done if it wasn't for those pesky little distractions such as work and sleep. In Servitude by Heleen Kist is an absolutely gripping debut. I can’t believe it has taken me this long to get round to it, but I’m so pleased I finally have.

We meet Grace who has just been handed the shocking news that her sister, Glory, has died in a car accident. Grace is distraught and she quickly steps in to help out with Glory’s children and Glory’s business, a vegan café in Glasgow. But as Grace begins to look into Glory’s affairs, she begins to see a clearer picture of the person who her sister was, and she learns some shocking truths. Grace soon finds herself in some very messy business which is going to prove tricky for her to get out of.

The pace never lets up in this book. I felt very sorry for Grace as she has found herself in the unfortunate position she is in through no fault of her own. Heleen kept the tension simmering away as I wondered what possible direction the book could take next. I feared that something terrible was going to happen to Grace and I could feel this sense of foreboding growing as Grace became more and more involved with what her sister had been up to. And she is soon in the sights of some very nasty people.

There are some very topical issues that are explored in this book, such as the refugee crisis and modern slavery. I thought the way that Heleen portrayed this in her book was very believable and Grace’s passion for helping people who are in this situation came across very strongly in her character.

As I mentioned before, Heleen kept me wondering if something was waiting to happen to Grace just around the corner, and there was a very shocking conclusion to the story. There was such a tense scene which kept me reading until I had turned the final page. I just had to know what happened.

In Servitude is a debut packed with tension and suspense that will keep you turning the pages. This is a must read for thriller loves and I can’t wait to read what Heleen writes next.

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Susan Hampson

Brilliant debut

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 2, 2018

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What a heartbreaking opening. In the first chapter Grace is told that her sister Glory has been killed in the road accident. In the subsequent chapters she discovers that she had lost the sister she thought she had a long time ago because this was like some hellish alternate universe. Had her sister been murdered? And could she have possibly been the criminal that these low say she was?
Grace is a top class lady whose first thought was to protect her sister’s family from finding out what Glory had been up to her neck in! Glory had a perfect life, loving husband, 2 kids and a her own business so what had gone wrong. I can’t even imagine the bitterness and hurt that Grace was feeling.
This story makes you really think about every what if because it pushes family loyalties to the ultimate limit in every possible sense, with so many moral judgement calls and shocking disclosures, excuses and shift of blame. Grace was like a child seeing the world around her for the very first time and finding things out that couldn’t be forgotten.
I was continually shocked with how the story developed and loved how Grace found the courage to keep pushing for the truth even though inside she was anything but calm. Grace is a super character that you just know will never give up. A story that makes you wonder if you ever really know your family, close friends and even yourself.
The story is edgy from the beginning to dramatic conclusion. A superb debut from an author with a dark mind. Super excited to see what comes next from her.

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Amanda

Gripping and Insightful

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 3, 2021

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Lovely lady who wrote this book, came into my workplace and we got chatting, I told her I love crime novels and she recommended her book . I was glued could not put it down, cannot wait for the next book to be written, would highly recommend to anyone who enjoys a good crime novel. You get caught in the emotions , the intrepidation of what you read.

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Jason A

Gripping Crime Thriller from start to finish

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 17, 2018

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The main story is the focal point of Grace McBride’s dead sister with a dark criminal past. Coming to terms with knowing that a family member is so involved in criminal activity would be a difficult situation for anyone to deal with, but how far would you go to know the absolute truth? Would you get involved, walk away, or find justice? There are plenty of surprises in store and I would definitely recommend this novel if you are fans of crime fiction. In Servitude is fast-paced, dramatic and real depth to the characters with enough detail to love or hate them.

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