Published in ebook and audio formats 30th April 2020, and paperback on 11th June 2020, by Zaffre.
Read May 2020.
When Abbie announces to her parents that she and her boyfriend, Ryan, are getting married in a few weeks, they are somewhat surprised - especially as they have only just met him.
But Ryan does appear to be something of a catch, and Abbie's mother, Claire, is overjoyed for her. However, her father, Ed, is not so sure.
Ed is convinced that Ryan is lying to them about something and he just can't shake this feeling, even though everyone else seems to adore him.
Is Ed being overprotective of Abbie, like he has before, or is Ryan really not as perfect as he appears to be? Ed will not rest until he has uncovered Ryan's secrets, and he needs to move fast if he is to save Abbie before it is too late...
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The Catch is he new thriller from the best-selling author Tim Logan, and one I have been looking forward to since reading his previous, and utterly brilliant, novel, The Holiday.
This time we are treated to a family drama about a man who finds himself over-protective of his daughter, as the fall-out from feeling responsible for the death of her younger brother many years ago. This makes him open to going to extreme lengths to save her from any perceived danger, especially in terms of the men she chooses to keep company with. and means he has been known to overstep the mark when it came to her previous boyfriends.
But this time, Ed is sure he is not overreacting, even if his wife and daughter keep telling him he is imagining things. He is sure there is something very wrong about Ryan and he will not rest until he knows what it is - even if this means letting all other areas of his life slide and alienating his wife and daughter along the way.
It's hard to say too much about this one without giving away unintentional spoilers, but I can say that this is a fast-paced, page-turner of a novel, that kept me absorbed from page one, about obsession, gut instinct and the desire of a parent to do anything to protect their child from danger. I will add that I spent a considerable amount of time while reading this book yelling at Ed to try to get him not to do the things he rushes into - but suffice to say, he did not listen to a word I said!
For me, The Catch lacks much of the complexity, speculation and delicious inter-play between the characters that had me spellbound in The Holiday, but this is certainly a book that offers huge appeal for the lovers of psychological thrillers, and the insidious cat and mouse element is darkly seductive. I am sure Tim Logan will be notching up another best-seller to his name with this one....and I absolutely loved the double meaning behind title!
The Catch is available to purchase in ebook and audio formats, and to pre-order in paperback, now.
Thank you to T.M. Logan and Zaffre for providing me with a copy of this book in return for an honest review, and to Tracy Fenton of Compulsive Readers for inviting me to be part of this blog tour.
From the cover of the book:
She says he's perfect. I know he's lying....
He caught me watching and our eyes met. That was when it hit me.
There was something not quite right about my daughter's new boyfriend....
The doting father.
Ed finally meets his daughter's boyfriend for the first time. Smart, successful and handsome, Ryan appears to be a real catch. Then Abbie announces their plan to get married.
The perfect fiancé.
There's just one problem. Ed thinks Ryan is lying to them.
Who would you believe?
All of Ed's instincts tell him his daughter is in terrible danger - but no one else can see it. With the wedding date approaching fast, Ed sets out to uncover Ryan's secrets, before it's too late....
The unmissable new thriller from the best-selling author of Lies and The Holiday.
About the author:
T.M. Logan's thrillers have sold more than 750,000 copies in the UK and are published in 19 countries around the world including the USA, South Korea, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Hungary, Serbia, Romania, Greece and the Netherlands.
Tim's brand new thriller, The Catch, is out now in e-book and audiobook, with the paperback due to be published in the UK on 11th June, 2020. His previous thriller, The Holiday, was a Richard & Judy Book Club pick and spent ten weeks in the Sunday Times paperback top ten. The Holiday takes place over a sweltering summer week in the south of France, as four best friends see the holiday of a lifetime turn into a nightmare of suspicion, betrayal and murder. Tim's debut, Lies, was one of Amazon's biggest selling e-books of 2017 and was followed by 29 Seconds in 2018.
Tim was a national newspaper journalist before turning to novel-writing full time. He lives in Nottinghamshire with his wife and two children, and writes in a cabin at the bottom of his garden.
You can find out more about Tim here:
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