Book Review: The Blame Game by Sandie Jones @realsandiejones @minotaurbooks

The Blame Game
by Sandie Jones

 

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In the vein of the Reese’s Book Club x Hello Sunshine Book Club pick The Other Woman, Sandie Jones’s heart-pounding new novel The Blame Game will keep readers on the edge of their seats.
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Games can be dangerous. But blame can be deadly.

As a psychologist specializing in domestic abuse, Naomi has found it hard to avoid becoming overly invested in her clients’ lives. But after helping Jacob make the decision to leave his wife, Naomi worries that she’s taken things too far. Then Jacob goes missing, and her files on him vanish. . . .

But as the police start asking questions about Jacob, Naomi’s own dark past emerges. And as the truth comes to light, it seems that it’s not just her clients who are in danger.

My Rating:

Favorite Quotes:

 

The thought of her being at the house when I’m not there sends me into a blind panic, even though I’ve got nothing to hide… Yet it still feels as if I’m a mouse with a cat clawing at my tail, holding me still before releasing me again.

 

My Review:

 

This was a fast-paced and tense thriller that kept me guessing, nibbling on my cuticles, and on edge from start to finish. I suspected everyone by the last chapter as not one in this oddly compelling mix of cagey characters seemed trustworthy.

The main protagonist of Naomi was deeply fractured and although she was well-meaning, she was also sketchy and kept digging her own grave with one annoyingly moronic decision after another. She quickly became a master at prevarication, although she was a lightweight when compared to her clients.

The cunningly crafted storylines prickled with angst and taut deception and tended to race across my kindle at an ever-increasing pace. I found myself picking up speed and reading faster and faster to keep up with the action, which may have singed the little pea in my brain as it rattled in overdrive while assimilating clues and building theories. I wasn’t able to remove my shoulders from my ears until the very last page. Sandie Jones is a devious minx.

 

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Sandie Jones has been a freelance journalist for over 20 years, interviewing celebrities such as Justin Timberlake, Isla Fisher, Simon Cowell, and Naomie Harris.

Her debut novel, The Other Woman, is a psychological thriller about the destructive relationship between a woman and her partner’s mother.

If Sandie wasn’t an author she’d be an interior designer as she has an unhealthy obsession with wallpaper and cushions!

She lives in London, England, with her husband and three children.