De gevoelens die Sophie dagelijks teisteren komen realistisch over. Je kunt je als lezer goed inleven in haar schuldgevoelens, maar haar woede én schaamte zijn ook zeer begrijpelijk. Victoria Selman heeft daarmee een personage gecreëerd die levensecht overkomt, wat welkom is in een verhaal dat je je bijna niet kunt voorstellen. Truly Darkly Deeply by Victoria Selman was published in Australia by Hachette and is now available. The letter informs Sophie that Matty is dying and hasn't long left to live and he wants to meet Sophie. Matty has haunted Sophie's dreams for years - can she now confront him and lay the ghost of guilt to rest or will what he has to say bury her deeper? Grown up Sophie has been deeply affected by her brush with a serial killer especially one who treated her like a daughter. When she receives a letter from the prison where Matty is living out his sentence, she doesn’t want to respond to his request for her to visit initially but she knows the doubts she has over his conviction need to be met head on. I felt quite sorry for Sophie, her life had been affected by her connection with Matty but I knew why she went chasing answers. Their meeting doesn’t actually happen until quite far along into the narrative which gives a chance for the tension to rise to an almost unbearable level! The reader sees everything from Sophie’s POV and we do spot things that a young girl wouldn’t be able to! But do these things mean that Matty is a conniving and clever criminal or has there been an horrific miscarriage of justice? I’m definitely a newbie in the world of thriller but after this book I absolutely am going to dive head first!

For a young child, not having a father can be terrible in more than one way. Missing a father figure is one, being bullied in school because other children seem to think there is something wrong with you is two. Sophie is glad to move from the US to the UK with her mother and make a fresh start. We’re talking the seventies here when divorce was still a scandal. And Amelia-Rose, Sophie’s mother, is not even divorced. Sophie’s father just left them. A breathtakingly original novel, it's an utterly absorbing twisted story and a strong contender for the thriller of 2022." - John Marrs Was Matty truly a serial killer or was the wrong man convicted of these brutal murders? Don’t expect any answers soon. They are slow in coming but boy, are they worth the wait. The journey to the reveal is immensely compelling, and because the story is told via Sophie herself, it often becomes quite emotive. It’s remarkably easy to put yourself in her shoes, to wonder, to think things through and maybe find the answers before they’re revealed to you. People jostled for position as the engine tore down the line, fighting their way to the front before it had a chance to stop. Rush hour doesn’t bring out the best in anyone. We’ve all got places to be.Matty Melgren is a convicted serial killer serving life without parole for the murders of several women in London in the 1980s. He has consistently protested his innocence, and the evidence against him was largely circumstantial. At the time of his arrest, Matty’s girlfriend was Amelia-Rose, a single mother to 12-year-old Sophie. Sophie adores Matty. He’s handsome, funny, respectable—she could never suspect him of the brutal killings in the headlines. Then a police sketch of a suspect is released that looks a lot like Matty. Was it him? Sophie is consumed with doubt and guilt, causing her to act impulsively, ripping her family apart. Years later, she is still haunted by her actions. Was she wrong to have done what she did all those years ago? Then Sophie receives a letter from Matty—he’s dying and asks her to visit him in prison. Will she finally get the answers she needs to be able to reclaim her future? There was a strong smell in the carriage, like steamy refuse or gone-off fruit. Wrinkling my nose I looked around, trying to get my bearings and ground myself. A coping strategy, my old therapist called it. A truly darkly creepy serial killer story with a chilling sting in its tale. Reminded me of The Fall. Beautifully written and highly recommended * Mark Edwards, author of The House Guest *

An all-consuming, beautifully drawn thriller about love and the terrible things it can drive us to do. Absolutely compulsive reading." - Gytha LodgeShe whispered something so quietly that if it weren’t for my ability to lip-read I may have missed it. A low hum’s coming from the overhead fluorescent lighting, as though an insect’s trapped inside the dirty bulb. And there’s a lingering smell of cigarettes, despite the big ‘No Smoking’ sign on the door.

We will shortly be arriving at Kentish Town. Please ensure you take all personal belongings when departing the train.’ I loved this book! I found it to be a slow burn for the first half of the book but after that I could not put this book down! Dark, chilling and compelling. This is one serial killer thriller readers won't be able to put down * Olivia Kiernan, author of The Murder Box * Book Genre: Adult, Contemporary, Crime, Fiction, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Suspense, Thriller I think Selman spins the narrative out a little longer than is necessary, and the denouement runs particularly long.Original and clever - an incredibly tense read which pulled me inexorably along to its chilling denouement." - Harriet Tyce Sophie has been getting support from her sponsor as she prepares to visit her one time father figure in prison, for the first time. Why has the enigmatic 'Matty' been in prison for the last two decades. He's a convicted serial killer, but has always claimed that he was innocent. Duh duh duh! I raced through Truly Darkly Deeply in one breathless sitting. As soon as I'd finished I wanted to turn to the beginning and start again, knowingly what I now knew. Fiendishly clever and compulsive." - Laura Marshall

That's the problem with hindsight. It distorts memory, superimposes warning flags where before there were none. Makes you question yourself. Turns the past into a series of whys and recriminations."Ondanks dat er momenten zijn waarop ze dagenlang niets vernemen van Matty, verdenken Sophie en haar moeder geen enkel moment Matty. Hij zou zoiets nooit kunnen doen. Hij heeft een onwijs sociaal karakter, is altijd vrolijk, ziet het beste in mensen en werkt daarnaast ook nog eens als rouwconsulent. Toch wordt hij verdacht van de moorden op vele jonge vrouwen, een onwijs grote schok voor Sophie en haar moeder.