11 Missed Calls

Elisabeth Carpenter

Jul 2018 · Sold by HarperCollins UK

About this ebook

Here are two things I know about my mother:
1. She had dark hair, like mine.
2. She wasn’t very happy at the end.

Anna has always believed that her mother, Debbie, died 30 years ago on the night she disappeared.

But when her father gets a strange note, she realises that she’s never been told the full story of what happened that night on the cliff.

Confused and upset, Anna turns to her husband Jack – but when she finds a love letter from another woman in his wallet, she realises there’s no-one left to help her, least of all her family.

And then a body is found...

Ratings and reviews

3.5 Stars Thirty years ago, Anna's mother disappeared. Anna has always believed her mother died, but all of a sudden she is receiving notes .. could they be from her mother? Her father wound up marrying her mother's best friend ... were they having an affair? Anna is not having a good time. She only knows a few things about her mother, no one seems inclined to tell her exactly what happened that night. Upset because everyone keeps telling her she's crazy and to forget her mother for good, she turns to her husband for support .. and comes across a picture and she fears her husband is having an affair. She has a history of having stalked a women who looked like her mother, now her family worry that she's going to be repeating history. This drama is told in chapters, alternating between 30 years ago and today. Not everyone who makes an appearance along the way are who they say they are. And when Anna starts to feel threatened and is afraid someone is following her, she has to wonder why someone wants to keep the truth from her. This is well written with clearly defined characters .... not all are likeable, not all of them trustworthy. The suspense is low key, but the reader will have a hard time putting the book down until reaching the conclusion. The ending was a bit of a disappointment, felt a little rushed, not what I had expected. Many thanks to the author / Avon Books UK / Netgalley for the digital copy of this psychological drama. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

Good read. Couldn't put it down. Ending was a bit predictable however didn't spoil the overall reading experience. Good picture of postnatal depression and feeling of isolation.

I read the first 23 chapters in one day and then after that sorry to say it got a little boring if I'm honest

About the author

Libby Carpenter lives in Preston with her family. She completed a BA in English Literature and Language with the Open University in 2011.
Libby was awarded a Northern Writers’ New Fiction award, and was longlisted for Yeovil Literary Prize (2015 and 2016) and the MsLexia Women’s Novel award (2015). She loves living in the north of England and sets most of her stories in the area. She currently works as a book keeper. Her first novel, 99 Red Balloons, became a bestseller in 2017.