When She Was Good: The heart-stopping Richard & Judy Book Club Summer 2021 thriller (Cyrus Haven): The heart-stopping Richard & Judy Book Club thriller from the No.1 bestseller

Read other books by Michael Robotham so expected a good read. I wasn’t disappointed. It was paced well and was nail-biting frequently. The main characters were slowly built up and one got to understand their behaviour. What was really good was that the violence to towards children (essential to the plot-line)was alluded to but it was not graphic in detail so could not be used as titillation for certain types of reader. I look forward to reading the next book in the series.

Good story well told would love to see these books serialised on TV.

This idea that…. Spoiler alert……. There are huge numbers of people that are beyond reproach beyond the police beyond the courts, in the uk, has been killed to death.

I really enjoyed this - you need to have read the first book in the series, Good Girl Bad Girl, first or you wouldn't understand the relationship between the two main characters, Cyrus Haven, forensic psychologist and Evie Cormac, an eighteen year old in witness protection, just coming to the end of her time in care.It's a hard read in many ways, and tough going on characters I came to love in the previous book, also possibly a little far fetched, but definitely good escapism if that's what you're looking for.Written in the first person, alternating fairly short chapters from Cyrus' and Evie's points of view, Cyrus' efforts to dig deeper into Evie's past do not go well, to say the least. There are people who have been looking for her since she was discovered hiding in the wall of a house seven years ago and they will stop at nothing to silence her. It was good to find out more about her past and I look forward to the next episode as I'd love to see where this goes. TV series material.

Difficult to follow at the beginning, the story picks up pace as the two versions of events start to knit together and the realities of the whole unfortunate case emerge.The story becomes a real page-turner, culminating in a surprise ending.This is Michael Robotham on top form, a very good read indeed.

Just what I need at the moment. A well written novel with memorable characters and story-line. I can see why Richard and Judy recommended it. Now I want to read another of Michael Rowbothams novels.

I have all of Michael Robotham's books and have enjoyed each and every one. The Joe O'Loughlin series is great and The Secrets She Keeps was recently made into a telly miniseries, which was very good. I read "Good Girl, Bad Girl" and fell in love with Cyrus Haven and Evie Comer. I eagerly awaited the second in the series and "When She Was Good" exceeded my expectations. I had longed to know all the truth surrounding Evie and this book delivered. It is so hard not to give too much of the plots of these two books away, but it does present a view of a broken girl who survives horrendous treatment and the forensic psychologist who tries to put the pieces of her life back together and find justice for those who caused such horrific trauma. It is beautfully written, heart-breaking and utterly compelling. Please, please Mr Robotham, carry us forward on Evie and Cyrus's journey. I can't bear to part with them.

All believable, an excellent story told by an excellent storyteller. Every novel is first class and not formulaic in the manner of some lazy authors i.e. the 91st book in the John Smith series etc.