Hiding in Plain Sight
By Eoghan Egan
Review:
This was a strong book that built up suspense and pressure. There are a lot of characters that are main for their individual stories but then interweave with each other within the main plot. I did find I had to focus on this one. Not something I could have on as background - I needed to listen well so as not to miss anything important.
I actually really enjoyed that I was tuned in fully to the story and the characters. It’s so easy when life is busy to get distracted with other things. I was captivated by the motive of the killer and also how they would get caught. This book made me stop and have time to listen.
The narrator was easy to listen to - clear speech and feeling that added to the suspense of the story.
The characters ranged from likeable to truly unlikeable- this though was all part of the story and made it much more intense and meaningful.
I found the plot very interesting- it was not something that I had encountered as a plot previously (with so many stories interconnected). It was so well written so that the main plot was not lost amongst the others. I also like that there is an element of what happens next for several of the characters - hopefully these will be followed up in the next book but if not enjoy creating new lives for them as they move forward.
For anyone who is adverse to gore and violence then as there are a few moments that you might want to skim over.
If I had to sum this book up I would say: intense, thriller, focus
Book Blurb
SMALL TOWNS CONTAIN BIG SECRETS
A vicious serial killer roams the Irish Midlands-his sight always set on the next victim.
A successful businessman finds the perfect recipe for getting away with murder.
No bodies, no evidence.
No evidence, no suspect.
High art and low morals collide when graduate Sharona Walters discovers a multi-million-euro art scam. She delves in, unwittingly putting herself on a direct trajectory with danger as the killer accelerates his murder spree.
When Sharona gets drawn into the killer’s orbit, she peels away his public persona and exposes the psychopath underneath.
Suddenly, the small town has no hiding place…
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Author
A native of Co. Roscommon, Ireland, Eoghan wrote his first story aged nine.
At college, he studied Computer Programming, works in Sales Management & Marketing, but his passion for reading and writing remains.
Eoghan’s work got shortlisted for the 2018 Bridport Short Story Prize, and Listowel’s 2019 Bryan McMahon Short Story Award Competition. His novel was a contender in literary agent David Headley’s opening chapter Pitch Competition, and during March 2019 and April 2021, Eoghan’s entries won Litopia’s prestigious Pop-Up Submissions.
A graduate of Maynooth University’s Creative Writing Curriculum, and Curtis Brown’s Edit & Pitch Your Novel Course, Eoghan divides his time between Roscommon, Dublin and Southern Italy.
The first in his trilogy of crime fiction novels, Hiding in Plain Sight was released in 2020. Book two, The Other Side of Fear was published in 2022. Book three is due for publication in January 2024.
When he’s not writing, Eoghan can be found at literary festivals or headbanging at heavy metal gigs.
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Thank you so much for your fabulous review and for taking part in the tour x
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