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Original and clever - an incredibly tense read which pulled me inexorably along to its chilling denouement * Harriet Tyce, bestselling author of Blood Orange * For a young child, not having a father can be terrible in more than one way. Missing a father figure is one, being bullied in school because other children seem to think there is something wrong with you is two. Sophie is glad to move from the US to the UK with her mother and make a fresh start. We’re talking the seventies here when divorce was still a scandal. And Amelia-Rose, Sophie’s mother, is not even divorced. Sophie’s father just left them. Truly, Darkly, Deeply is such a clever, immersive crime novel, and like nothing I've ever read before. I lived every unbearably tense second of Sophie's powerful story, unable to put the book down. It's only January and this could well be my book of the year!" - Caz Frear Such a fabulous read. A brilliant mix of true-crime podcast vibes with a coming-of-age story that's emotionally spot-on. Simply couldn't tear myself away!" - Amanda Reynolds Contextually it’s very good too and you feel the paralysing fear that grips North London. I really like the way the author drip feeds little bombs of information and one or two are real jaw thunkers. The ending is a surprise but it most certainly works and helps to explain to some things you puzzle over.
I think it’s easy to guess some of the ‘reveals’ here, though perhaps we’re meant to. I suspect part of Sophie’s telling of the story is a reflection that her adult self recognises the naiveté of 12yr old Sophie. Indeed she comments often (in retrospect of course) on her desperation for a father and family and – in her reflective style of narrating the events of two decades earlier – she understands why she behaved as she did. It's the early 80s and Sophie and her mother, Amelia-Rose, have just moved to London, when they meet Matt. Oh, he insists on being called, "Matty." Because forced casualness and intimacy is never a red flag. And the two recent ex-pats proceed to fall right in love with the handsome, superficially charming dude. Soon, women in the area and within driving distance start turning up with an uncanny resemblance to Amelia-Rose, and oh yeah, dead. But Amelie-Rose isn't worried because Matty can explain each of his absences around the times of the murders. And Sophie says nothing about her doubts because-- well, old Matty's systematic abuse of her and her family has her solidly in his control. She is a button under his thumb. His survival depends on it.PDF / EPUB File Name: Truly_Darkly_Deeply_-_Victoria_Selman.pdf, Truly_Darkly_Deeply_-_Victoria_Selman.epub After graduating from Oxford University, Victoria Selman studied Creative Writing at the City Lit and wrote for the Ham & High and Daily Express newspapers.
Someone will have seen something, even if they didn’t realize what it was at the time,’ Lieutenant Owen King told reporters. ‘People don’t just vanish into thin air. Nobody disappears without a trace.’ Investigators have now issued an AMBER Alert and are urging partygoers to call 911 if they have any information.Or perhaps just a sharp whistle down the line? Simple but effective. Though I’m not sure my thumping brain could take it today. Blood crashes in my ears, the sudden onslaught of waves. My grip tightens around the phone, fingers unconsciously searching for solidity. In my chest cavity, a hollowing. This is a different take on the usual, serial killer, novel. It is told from the point of view of Sophie, a young girl, whose mother moves them from the US to London in the early 1980's. Once there, Sophie has all the usual struggles of fitting in at school and making friends. However, life improves once Sophie's mother meets Matty Melgren. He not only loves her mother, but befriends Sophie. He brings her favourite ice cream, tells stories, plays games and makes her feel special. Was Matty truly a serial killer or was the wrong man convicted of these brutal murders? Don’t expect any answers soon. They are slow in coming but boy, are they worth the wait. The journey to the reveal is immensely compelling, and because the story is told via Sophie herself, it often becomes quite emotive. It’s remarkably easy to put yourself in her shoes, to wonder, to think things through and maybe find the answers before they’re revealed to you.
A twisty psychological thriller that goes to the heart of how and who we love. Can't wait to see what Selman does next." - Sarah Pinborough Sophie has been getting support from her sponsor as she prepares to visit her one time father figure in prison, for the first time. Why has the enigmatic 'Matty' been in prison for the last two decades. He's a convicted serial killer, but has always claimed that he was innocent. Duh duh duh! Addictive, intelligent, creepy and assured, Victoria Selman is a master of her craft and this chilling thriller deserves to be huge in 2022." - Phoebe Morgan With someone watching her every step, can Ziba uncover what connects the two victims before she becomes one herself?Dr Vernon Sange, killer of twelve, lies on his bunk. His hands are interlaced behind his head, his film-star face white as butcher’s paper from being inside so long. On his chest, a portable CD player moves up and down in time with his measured breaths. The ‘Queen of the Night’ aria plays through his earbuds. This was a woman who shut herself off from the world. Possibly someone she’d trusted had let her down. Maybe she thought she was safer keeping herself to herself or perhaps she just didn’t like people.
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