All Fall Down - Tom Bale

Kindle Edition Cost: Netgalley Publisher: Bookouture Published: 01/09/16 Amazon uk link: Here Goodreads Link: Here

The Blurb

You tried to save a life. Now you’re fighting to save your own. It should have been an idyllic day for the Turner family – until a dying man, beaten beyond all recognition, arrives at their home, uttering the words, HELP ME.

Rob and Wendy Turner and their children try to explain away the horrific scene as being in the wrong place at the wrong time, but in the days that follow their lives are threatened in ways they could never imagine.

The family is unaware that they are being watched by someone with their own terrifying agenda, who will stop at nothing to fulfil their own twisted desires.

But when hidden secrets come rushing to the surface, it’s clear not everything is as it seems in this happy family. Are the Turners a victim of circumstance – or does the key to their fate lie closer to home?

Forced to fight for everything they hold dear, can they save themselves before time runs out – or will their act of compassion see them paying the ultimate price…?

My Thoughts

I have read one of Mr Bales previous books See How They Run and without a shadow of a doubt it is one of my all time favourite books, I could, and will, read it over and over again.

Surely All Fall Down couldn't live up to name, well my 17 readers, it more than lives up to it.

We are transported to the Turner family barbecue that ends in a death and the beginning of a story that takes us on a family’s journey into hate, death, love, secrets, truths and fear.

The story takes us on a frightening journey full of suspense and twists which I didn't see coming with an unrushed ending that I didn’t see coming.

What I find truly great about Mr Bales writing is the jeopardy and fear he can instil into the reader. Whilst I hate to use cliques, this book is a genuine page turner and is quite literally hard to put down and not think about. Even now some 4 days after finishing my mind is awash with thoughts of the characters and what they went through and even how they are now after it all.

A brilliant read and another I will revisit time and time again.