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# Sunday Times Bestseller Psychological thriller depth High-stakes suspense & escape Avon Books The Escape

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## Summary

> 📖 Dive into the thriller everyone’s whispering about — can you escape the truth?

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## Key Features

- • **Tense, Relatable Drama:** Feel the pulse of a mother’s fight to protect her child amidst disbelief and danger.
- • **Unputdownable Bestseller:** Join thousands who can't put down this gripping psychological thriller.
- • **Mental Health Exploration:** Delve into a nuanced portrayal of panic attacks and agoraphobia, adding emotional depth.
- • **Dual Perspective Narrative:** Experience the story through Jo and Mary’s eyes for a layered, immersive read.
- • **Critically Acclaimed Author:** From the author praised by Clare Mackintosh and Fiona Barton, a must-read thriller.

## Overview

Avon Books' 'The Escape' is a Sunday Times bestselling psychological thriller by C.L. Taylor, ranked #1,557 in Psychological Thrillers. It follows Jo Blackmore, a mother battling panic attacks and agoraphobia, as she faces a chilling threat to her family. Told from dual perspectives, the novel explores mental health with gripping suspense and emotional intensity, earning a 4.5-star rating from over 300 readers.

## Description

The Sunday Times bestseller returns with her most thrilling book yet, An unputdownable read for fans of Into the Water and The Girlfriend . "Look after your daughter's things. And your daughter…" When a stranger asks Jo Blackmore for a lift she says yes, then swiftly wishes she hadn't. The stranger knows Jo's name, she knows her husband Max and she's got a glove belonging to Jo's two year old daughter Elise. What begins with a subtle threat swiftly turns into a nightmare as the police, social services and even Jo's own husband turn against her. No one believes that Elise is in danger. But Jo knows there's only one way to keep her child safe – RUN. Praise for C.L. Taylor: ‘A gripping and disturbing psychological thriller’ Clare Mackintosh ‘Absorbing and disturbing’ Alex Marwood ‘Loved it’ Fiona Barton ‘Claustrophobic, tense and thrilling’ Elizabeth Haynes

Review: the escape - ottima lettura
Review: 3 stars - I have read almost all of CL Taylors books, and I think I have rated all of them them four or five star except for one, which was ‘Strangers’. Generally, I really like her style of writing and her way of developing psychological thrillers. 'The Escape’ is divided into two parts. Part one is told from the perspective of Jo, who is a young mum who suffers from panic attacks and agoraphobia after suffering a miscarriage at 20 weeks several years previously. One night on the way to pick up her daughter from nursery, a strange woman gets into the car with Jo. This strange woman seemingly knows a lot about Jo, her husband, and her daughter. The woman, Paula, claims that Jo's husband Max has taken something that belongs to Paula and that she hurt Jo's family if she doesn't get it back. Panicking, Jo rushes to nursery to find her daughter is safe and sound. The problem is that no one seems to believe Jo. Max, Jo’s husband claims he has no idea who Paula is, and acts as if Jo is going crazy. Max dissuades Jo from going to the police or taking the incident any further. Over the coming days strange things keep happening to Jo, to the point where she doesn't know who she can trust. She doesn't feel she can trust the police, her husband, or her friends. It seems like everyone is out to get her. The second part of the book is told from the perspective of Jo and also the perspective of Mary. I'm not going to go into too much onto what happens in part two because that will spoil the story. What I did like about this book was how the book explored mental illness, particularly making me question Jo's sanity as she also questions her own sanity. You wonder, is she an unreliable narrator, or is there more to the story? In this story I hated Max. I think the husband had no idea how to support his wife or child. Some of the things he does in the story are reprehensible and unforgivable. This is not a particularly twisty and Turney book, there are a couple of surprises but I think about halfway through the book you will start to see what is coming. I think some of part two was a little bit far-fetched and wasn't fleshed out in enough detail. Particularly Max’s character, I don't think the reasons behind his actions were explored enough, and I think that made it harder to buy into the story. I think if the book was 100 pages shorter I probably would've enjoyed it a little bit more however it was quite slow especially the parts in Ireland. I think this could've been done much quicker. Overall not a bad story was just a little bit slow in the ending was under done for me will be a little bit better but not a terrible story.

## Features

- HARPER COLLINS AVON

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #164,858 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1,557 in Psychological Thrillers #2,901 in Mysteries #20,007 in Genre Fiction |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 327 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ the escape
*by P***O on 19 July 2021*

ottima lettura

### ⭐⭐⭐ 3 stars
*by R***M on 26 June 2023*

I have read almost all of CL Taylors books, and I think I have rated all of them them four or five star except for one, which was ‘Strangers’. Generally, I really like her style of writing and her way of developing psychological thrillers. 'The Escape’ is divided into two parts. Part one is told from the perspective of Jo, who is a young mum who suffers from panic attacks and agoraphobia after suffering a miscarriage at 20 weeks several years previously. One night on the way to pick up her daughter from nursery, a strange woman gets into the car with Jo. This strange woman seemingly knows a lot about Jo, her husband, and her daughter. The woman, Paula, claims that Jo's husband Max has taken something that belongs to Paula and that she hurt Jo's family if she doesn't get it back. Panicking, Jo rushes to nursery to find her daughter is safe and sound. The problem is that no one seems to believe Jo. Max, Jo’s husband claims he has no idea who Paula is, and acts as if Jo is going crazy. Max dissuades Jo from going to the police or taking the incident any further. Over the coming days strange things keep happening to Jo, to the point where she doesn't know who she can trust. She doesn't feel she can trust the police, her husband, or her friends. It seems like everyone is out to get her. The second part of the book is told from the perspective of Jo and also the perspective of Mary. I'm not going to go into too much onto what happens in part two because that will spoil the story. What I did like about this book was how the book explored mental illness, particularly making me question Jo's sanity as she also questions her own sanity. You wonder, is she an unreliable narrator, or is there more to the story? In this story I hated Max. I think the husband had no idea how to support his wife or child. Some of the things he does in the story are reprehensible and unforgivable. This is not a particularly twisty and Turney book, there are a couple of surprises but I think about halfway through the book you will start to see what is coming. I think some of part two was a little bit far-fetched and wasn't fleshed out in enough detail. Particularly Max’s character, I don't think the reasons behind his actions were explored enough, and I think that made it harder to buy into the story. I think if the book was 100 pages shorter I probably would've enjoyed it a little bit more however it was quite slow especially the parts in Ireland. I think this could've been done much quicker. Overall not a bad story was just a little bit slow in the ending was under done for me will be a little bit better but not a terrible story.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I love this authors books and as soon as I heard ...
*by S***. on 29 April 2017*

I love this authors books and as soon as I heard she had another one coming out I knew I had to read it and boy am I glad I did. This is one of those stories where the main character feels unreliable. Jo I just didn't know if I trusted or not. In a way I actually felt for her husband Max. She seems to be acting all irrational and I really thought a lot of it was in her head. As the story goes on though the more I came round to Jo's train of thought. Right from the start you know that somethings not right and it was killing me having to try and find out just exactly what. I felt as demented as Jo at times and I felt almost as if I had been caught up in some wind tunnel which left me feeling rather wind swept to say the least. As a mother I so felt for Elise in this story. She is slap bang caught up in the middle of events and like Jo I just wanted to grab the little girl and take her away to somewhere safe where she would be protected from everything that was going on. Some parts really did make me cringe and at times I wanted to bang all the adults heads together in the story to make them see what they were doing. Saying that though, what a fabulous story The Escape is. The Escape is with out a doubt a heart racing read. It had me rushing through the pages as I wanted to know everything and the author certainly did not disappoint. It is very much a mix of a psychological thriller/suspense and one that satisfied all the cravings that I get from this style of book. Yet again another fabulous read and as always left me desperate for more.

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