{"id":212,"date":"2017-05-06T07:27:21","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T07:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/2017\/05\/06\/httptheblurb-com-aureviewsclose-your-eyes-by-michael-robotham-book-review\/"},"modified":"2017-05-06T07:27:21","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T07:27:21","slug":"httptheblurb-com-aureviewsclose-your-eyes-by-michael-robotham-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/httptheblurb-com-aureviewsclose-your-eyes-by-michael-robotham-book-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Close Your Eyes by Michael Robotham – book review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Robotham\u2019s latest thriller, Close Your Eyes<\/em>, is a brilliant nail biter\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0up there with the best in the contemporary field. Robotham has established himself as one of\u00a0Australia\u2019s top crime writers, and with this new release, he\u2019s not jumping down from that pedestal any time soon.<\/p>\n

\"Close-Your-Eyes\"Set in the UK, the story begins when a mother and her teenage daughter are found brutally murdered in their remote farmhouse. However, while the mother\u00a0has been stabbed multiple times, the same level of violence was not\u00a0used on the\u00a0daughter, who has been left in a sleep-like position. In need of a profile of the killer, police call upon clinical psychologist\u00a0O\u2019Loughlin for\u00a0help. At first, he\u2019s reluctant \u2013 he has some personal issues to do with his family \u2013 but when a former student, Milo, who\u2019s building a reputation as the \u2018Mindhunter\u2019 jeopardises the police inquiry, Joe feels he has little choice. Before long, he\u2019s been sucked into the vortex of a complex case that includes sleazy sex games, multiple suspects, more brutal attacks in which the letter \u2018A\u2019 is carved into the victims\u2019 foreheads, and threats against those he loves the most.<\/p>\n

In Close Your Eyes<\/em>, Robothom\u00a0cleverly ties together a complex and unpredictable storyline\u00a0that never fails to keep readers guessing. It also manages to be touching and moving, through a contrast in relationships maintained (or not) by Joe and the killer. Joe, who\u2019s estranged from his wife but moves back into the family home at her request, is trying to rebuild a relationship with his wife and daughters, to bridge the distance caused by a mistake he made some years earlier. The investigation hinders this \u2013 his wife doesn\u2019t want him to get involved \u2013 and ultimately puts the ones he loves at risk. The last few chapters are beautifully done \u2026 and that\u2019s all I can say about them. Tissues may even have been involved and that\u2019s not common with a crime novel. By comparison, the killer, as the reader sees, has a lot of baggage that motivates and incites his violence. His relationships are smoke and mirrors, and that just adds to the chill factor.\u00a0 The character development is spot on, on all counts.<\/p>\n

Fantastic writing, a challenging but impressively nutted out storyline, and oodles of chills and thrills, makes Close Your Eyes<\/em> a must read for thriller lovers. You\u2019ll want to close your eyes at time, but trust me on this, don\u2019t. Michael, I\u2019ve read your two previous books, but I\u2019m going to be chasing your backlist now.<\/p>\n

Available from good bookstores. My copy was courtesy of Hachette Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Monique Mulligan<\/b>
\nFor more of Monique Mulligan’s writing on books, check out Write Note Reviews<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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