Violets are Blue
Miranda Rijks
276 pages
Inkubator Books
published April 6, 2025
About the book
Her perfect home. Her perfect man. How wrong can she be?
After a bitter divorce, criminal solicitor Laila moves to idyllic Violet Lane where she quickly falls for Max—her charming, piano-playing neighbor. They begin a wildly passionate affair and Laila feels she is really starting to live again.
But the tranquility of this close-knit community is shattered when Jackie, a young mother from across the street, goes missing. Her husband is the chief suspect and Laila agrees to act as his lawyer.
As she investigates Jackie’s disappearance, Laila discovers that this quiet street hides deadly secrets, and someone is watching her every move. Anonymous threats pull her ever deeper into a twisted web of deception.
Meanwhile, her intense relationship with Max is starting to feel like a runaway train. And Laila begins to wonder if her gorgeous new man may have a hidden dark side.
She desperately needs to uncover the truth. And when she does, Laila realises that she’s put herself in terrible danger, and that she may lose everything – including her life
My Review
I haven’t been reading a lot of thrillers lately and this was the perfect one to light that fire. Once I started, I did not want to put this down. It was fast paced and I needed to know what had happened. Honestly, this seemed to be somewhat straightforward, but I knew that there was no way the story was that telegraphed. But then I waffled back that maybe it was. Needless to say, I was never sure where this one was heading, who I could trust, was I that good or that bad at guessing the end. Which is exactly what I want in a popcorn thriller.
I was a little surprised that this one packed a smidge of spice to go along with a little romance. Don’t read too much into that because it is all about the reliability of the narrator and if her instincts are trustworthy. And based upon her recently ended marriage, there are plenty of reasons to think she might not be the best judge of her new beau or her new neighbors.
I was on my toes the entire time and did not want to put this one down. Is it time for summer reading yet? This would definitely be a great choice for a beach or pool read.
About the author
Miranda Rijks is a writer of fast-paced, twisty psychological thrillers many of which have been Amazon bestsellers. She has an eclectic background ranging from law to running a garden Centre.
After surviving bone cancer, Miranda turned to writing and is now living the dream, writing suspense novels full time.
She lives in West Sussex, England with her Dutch husband and two black Labradors and spends as much time as she can in the Swiss Alps.
This is her twenty-third psychological thriller with Inkubator Books.
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