Hardback published by Simon and Schuster 30th March 2023
ISBN 9781398509580
When Liam unexpectedly turns up in Jude’s life after ten years without contact, asking her for a favour, she can’t say no. He was her first great love, and even though she is now a junior doctor and about to get married, he will always have a hold over her.
Jude’s agreement to help changes her life and plunges her into a world of lies, revenge and criminality.
And then, when it’s too late to change her mind, Jude realises that saying yes to this one favour could cost her everything even her life.
MY REVIEW
The Favour, is the new keep you up all night suspense thriller from Nicci French, who is one of the UK’s best writers, bringing danger close to home.
The question is how far would you go to do a favour foryour first love?
I have read one book before, Dark Saturday, by Nicci French, which I loved and gave it a five star review. The Favour is another huge five stars from me, giving it a big recommendation.
Jude meets Liam at a party, like girls do meet a boy at a party. I don’t drink any alcohol at all, but at the party, I can understand how they had too much to drink, Jude was feeling tipsy, with Liam who drunk a lot.
He shouldn’t have got in his car that night to drive Jude, home. Through Liam consuming too much alcohol he looses control of the car, hitting a tree. Unfortunately Jude suffers from migraines since the crash.
Many years later Jude has her dream job working as a junior doctor. Everything has worked out for Jude who has found love again and about to get married.
Out of the blue Liam has tracked Jude to her hospital, he needs Jude to do him a favour. I wondered why the title was The Favour and now I know why.With Jude getting being a doctor and about to get married I didn’t want her getting involved with Liam or in trouble to do her first love Liam a favour. A must buy must read!
Nicci Gerrard was born in June 1958 in Worcestershire. After graduating with a first class honours degree in English Literature from Oxford University, she began her first job, working with emotionally disturbed children in Sheffield. In that same year she married journalist Colin Hughes.
In the early eighties she taught English Literature in Sheffield, London and Los Angeles, but moved into publishing in 1985 with the launch of Women’s Review, a magazine for women on art, literature and female issues.
In 1987 Nicci had a son, Edgar, followed by a daughter, Anna, in 1988, but a year later her marriage to Colin Hughes broke down.
In 1989 she became acting literary editor at the New Statesman, before moving to the Observer, where she was deputy literary editor for five years, and then a feature writer and executive editor.
It was while she was at the New Statesman that she met Sean French.
Nicci French is the pseudonym of English husband-and-wife team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French, who write psychological thrillers together.
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