The Other Child

I very much enjoyed this psychological thriller The Other Child by Charlotte Link (originally written in German). A murder is committed in a seaside English town and is investigated by Detective Valerie Almond.  The main characters are gradually introduced.  Gwen, a frumpy woman in her 30s, is doing a course to improve her self-confidence and meets a suave good-looking man, Dave, who asks her to marry him.  His motives for marriage are suspect and Gwen's friends are keen to warn her against him but are reluctant to hurt her feelings.  Her father Chad is withdrawn and his long time friend Fiona is concerned about the pending marriage.  Chad and Fiona have known each other since World War II and they share a terrible secret.  Events take a tragic turn and the reader is kept in suspense as the truth about the events during and after World War II then clash with the current time. This is a real page-turner as the reader anxiously waits for events to unfold and learn the truth. 5/5