Book Review: From My Cold Dead Hands by Hilly Barmby
Book Title: From My Cold Dead Hands
Genre: Womenâs Fiction/Psychological Thriller
Best read after earlier books in series?
Available: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61370738-from-my-cold-dead-hands
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Short Summary of the book:
Waking up in an Atlanta hospital following a serious car accident resulting in a head injury, she doesnât know who she is. You doesnât remember her name or her family. Slowly memories return, but they donât appear to be her own. When a body is found and attacks are made on her life, the mystery increases.
What I liked about the book:
It was action-filled, full of intrigue, with a twist towards the end.
What I didnât like about the book:
I enjoyed the entire book.
My favourite bits in the book:
The book was very enjoyable.
My least favourite bits in the book:
Any further books in the series? Any more planned by this author?
This is the only book Iâm aware of by this author currently.
What books could this be compared to and why?
This is a psychological thriller.
In summary, I would recommend this book to the following readers:
If you like psychological thrillers, this may be the book for you.
I look forward to reading more books by this author.
Book Description by Author:
Little by little, an amnesiac pieces together the truth about her Southern family, her old life, and a friendâs murder, in this engrossing novel of suspense.
Waking up with amnesia in an Atlanta hospital, Cassie Barber-Davenport goes home to a life she doesnât recognize. She gradually learns that her associations with neo-Confederates and white supremacists have left her estranged from her husband and alienated from her children. Cassie no longer wants to embrace these viewsâbut breaking away from that world and from her wealthy Southern family is not so simple.
Meanwhile, she still suffers confusion and disorientationâexperiencing nightmares about an unknown Englishman; hearing from her friend Marcie that she apparently had been having an affair; being dismissed by the police after sheâs awakened by a frightening phone call.
Then a body is foundâand a series of revelations brings Cassieâs past into shocking clarity . . .
At the age of seventeen, having been told by her English Literature teacher to sit on her hands in lessons, as she spoke more eloquently with them than actual words, Hilly decided to prove her wrong. It started with a bout of terrible poetry and has finally culminated in the publication of her first novel. She is also a painter and ceramicist, and has a lady-shed in the middle of an organic fruit farm on a mountainside in southern Spain. She lives with her musician partner and two rescue dogs.