Tuesday, 30 April 2013
Wrong Time, Wrong Place
Do not read this book on the bus. Just, don't.
Simon Kernick is fast becoming one of my favourite authors. It's a different genre for me, something new and not what I usually read at all. Although, it's fast becoming the sort of story I look for on the Kindle store and in the library.
'Wrong Time, Wrong Place' is the short story of an Albanian girl, shackled to a wall in a dungeon like cell. She's used as a sex slave, and she doesn't know why. Her friend in a neighbouring cell has disappeared and she knows that her friend is dead. So, there's only one option, she has to escape.
A group of friends have been hiking in the middle of nowhere, staying in a log cabin with no phone reception and only one car as a getaway. The runs into the hands of the group and is taken under the wing of Ashleigh. Cue many arguments about where the girl came from, why she's so battered and bruised and why she was running away. The group of friends consists of two couples, Ashleigh and Nick who represent the curious and the sympathetic then the set in their ways, missing their luxurious lives, Guy and Tracy.
Ashleigh's character is the one you can identify with. The girl can't speak any English and she's willing to look after her, take her to the nearest hospital and protect her from whatever she was running from. But when the survival instinct kicks in, lots of sacrifices are made. In some places, it's a difficult read, but the pace and the sheer terror will keep you going till the end.
With Kernick's stories, there's some brutal murders, blood, guts and gore, shocking and spooky twists and the ending that will leave you wanting to hear what happens next.
For such a short story, it's brilliant. Suspense is racked up even higher, with less time between events.
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